WOOD, GRANT American 1891-1942
Description
Title: "Seed Time and Harvest" lithograph,1937, signed in pencil by the artist, from the edition of 250,as published by Associated American Artists, New York, ,
Size info: ,sheet: 7 3/8 x12 1/8 in. (18.8 x 30.7 cm.) ,
Condition: A very fine impression.
Framing: Sold unframed,
Literature: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text on the original prints of Grant Wood by Cole, No. 2.,
Comments: This wagon has a "bangboard" (like the backboard behind a basketball hoop assuring ears lobbed toward the cart would make it in) and a "scoopboard" making it easy to shovel out the corn. (Flory & Fishburn) That the farmer is not making logical use of the scoopboard, but is carrying the ears into the shed a bushel at a time, is explained by the fact that he is carefully selecting the best ears for next years's seed. The ears under the gable, arranged as nicely as in any county or state fair, are probably a boastful display of the best of the years's crop. Wood's print was made about a decade after the 1926 commercial introduction of hybrid seed. Is Wood's print of 1937 then a reminder of an era of greater autonomy, when farmers controlled their seed stock and the genetic makeup of their crops. (North & Schuster),
,
Size info: ,sheet: 7 3/8 x12 1/8 in. (18.8 x 30.7 cm.) ,
Condition: A very fine impression.
Framing: Sold unframed,
Literature: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text on the original prints of Grant Wood by Cole, No. 2.,
Comments: This wagon has a "bangboard" (like the backboard behind a basketball hoop assuring ears lobbed toward the cart would make it in) and a "scoopboard" making it easy to shovel out the corn. (Flory & Fishburn) That the farmer is not making logical use of the scoopboard, but is carrying the ears into the shed a bushel at a time, is explained by the fact that he is carefully selecting the best ears for next years's seed. The ears under the gable, arranged as nicely as in any county or state fair, are probably a boastful display of the best of the years's crop. Wood's print was made about a decade after the 1926 commercial introduction of hybrid seed. Is Wood's print of 1937 then a reminder of an era of greater autonomy, when farmers controlled their seed stock and the genetic makeup of their crops. (North & Schuster),
,
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WOOD, GRANT American 1891-1942
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