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Grant Wood began making his lithographs, usually in editions of 250, in 1937. Tree Planting Group was one of five prints which he produced that year. Except for a few very minor details, the lithograph is practically identical to a larger drawing done four years earlier.

Source: Bulletin, May-June, 1978.


Exhibition History"Grant Wood Exhibition," Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

"Allegories of Consciousness: Perfection in Printmaking Since the Renaissance," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Realist Vision, Realist Tradition: Fifty Years of American Prints, 1900-1950," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Grant Wood and William Palmer," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, June 23, 1996 - September 8, 1996.
DimensionsSheet: 11 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (29.8 × 40.3 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (21.6 × 27.6 cm)
Accession Number 1978.3
Classificationsprint
CopyrightARS
SignedGrant Wood - 1937 (l,r graphite)
InscriptionsTree Planting Group (l,l graphite)
Tree Planting Group
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1937
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1941
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1940
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1937
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1941
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines 3.29.2018
Grant Wood
1937