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Property from the Collection of Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong Grooms
GRANT WOOD (1891-1942)
Study for American Gothic
Details
GRANT WOOD (1891-1942)
Study for American Gothic
inscribed 'American Gothic' (lower center)
pencil on paper
sight, 4 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm.);
sheet, 4 ¾ x 3 ½ in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1930.
Study for American Gothic
inscribed 'American Gothic' (lower center)
pencil on paper
sight, 4 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm.);
sheet, 4 ¾ x 3 ½ in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1930.
Provenance
Maynard Walker, New York, circa 1935.
Mrs. and Mrs. John P. Marquand, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estate of the above.
James Maroney, Inc., New York.
Richard K. Larcada, New York, by 1983.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1989, lot 199.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Mrs. and Mrs. John P. Marquand, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estate of the above.
James Maroney, Inc., New York.
Richard K. Larcada, New York, by 1983.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1989, lot 199.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.M. Dennis, "An Essay Into Landscapes: The Art of Grant Wood," Kansas Quarterly, vol. IV, no. 4, Fall 1972, pp. 43, 101, fig. 65, illustrated (as Original Sketch for 'American Gothic').
J.M. Dennis, Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture, New York, 1975, pp. 80, 86, fig. 83, illustrated.
S. Biel, American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting, New York, 2005, p. 23, illustrated.
B. Haskell, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2018, p. 213, fig, 16, illustrated (as Sketch for American Gothic).
J.M. Dennis, Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture, New York, 1975, pp. 80, 86, fig. 83, illustrated.
S. Biel, American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting, New York, 2005, p. 23, illustrated.
B. Haskell, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2018, p. 213, fig, 16, illustrated (as Sketch for American Gothic).
Exhibited
New York, Gallery Urban, The World Through 'Naive' Eyes, March 10-April 11, 1987, n.p., no. 2, illustrated.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision, June 16 1983-August 12, 1984, p. 131, no. 157, illustrated (as Sketch for American Gothic).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision, June 16 1983-August 12, 1984, p. 131, no. 157, illustrated (as Sketch for American Gothic).
Further Details
The present work will be included in Wanda Corn’s forthcoming publication, The Couple with the Pitchfork: From Easel to Icon.
Brought to you by
Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana