Grant Wood (1892-1942)
Charles Manson as Silenus
chalk and oil on paper mounted on masonite
36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Peter O. Stamats, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, circa 1972.
Literature
J.M. Dennis, Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture, New York, p. 62, no. 63, illustrated.
H.E. Brown, Grant Wood and Marvin Cone: Artists of an Era, Ames, Iowa, insert after p. 84, illustrated.
Lot Essay
Charles Manson was the president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce when the present work was executed.
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