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Dated 1919, this small oil is from very early in Wood's career, not long after his return to Iowa following service in the Army during World War I. It is painted in the loose, Impressionistic manner that he used until the late 1920s when he changed to his folk-like style of precise line and clear contained color.

Source: News, January February 1999.


DimensionsOverall: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Accession Number 1998.49
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedGrant Wood (l,r oil paint)
InscriptionsView from Ellis Park 1st Fairway Cedar Rapids Ia By Grant Wood 1919 Mr. Heavermann (verso)
View from Ellis Park, 1st Fairway
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
ca. 1920
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
ca. 1926
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
ca. 1925
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
1937
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939