Farmer's Wife with Chickens, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Wood, Grant 1892-1942
Milosch, Jane C., ed., "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic," New York, NY: Prestel Publishing, 2005, pg. 27.
Summary
Scene depicts a woman standing amid a group of four chickens, her left hand holding a large bowl of grain, and her right hand holding a hand full of grain for a chicken to eat. She wears a brown dress with a blue checkered apron.
1932
Control number
IAP 89140017
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa
Title
Fruits of Iowa: Farmer's Wife with Chickens, (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Landscape--Farm
Figure female--Full length
Occupation--Farm
Animal--Bird--Chicken
Record ID
siris_ari_373432
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