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Grant Wood

Plowing on Sunday

Maker

Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942)

Title

Plowing on Sunday

Year

1934

Medium

  • conte crayon,
  • ink,
  • colored pencil,
  • and gouache on brown wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • conte crayon,
  • ink,
  • colored pencil,
  • and gouache on brown wove paper

Materials

null

Supports

  • Medium weight machine made wove woodpulp paper

Dimensions

Image: 45.7 x 43.5 cm (18 x 17 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LL corner:GRANT WOOD

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

38.015

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

  • Books

Selected Works

Articles

American Drawings and Watercolors / Grant Wood's Plowing on Sunday

Exhibition History

Modernism in the Americas
Jun 20, 2003 – Aug 31, 2003
Early Modernism in America
Feb 24, 1995 – Apr 16, 1995
Selection 1
American Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Dec 30, 1971 – Jan 23, 1972

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942)
Plowing on Sunday, 1934
Conté crayon, ink, colored pencil, and gouache on brown wove paper
Image: 45.7 x 43.5 cm (18 x 17 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 38.015

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