Grant Wood

Lithograph, 1941, signed in pencil, from the edition of 250, on BFK Rives paper, published by Associated American Artists New York, with wide margins, generally in good condition apart from discoloration throughout, brown paper tape extending along the sheet edges on the verso, framed

Discoloration in the sheet comprises light- and mat stain, darkest at the mat opening, oxidation spots in the lower and right margins, and foxing scattered on the verso, showing through to the recto only in two spots at the extreme edge of the image at left. The print was previously taped to a front mat with brown paper tape and remains of this, measuring 1/2 inch in depth, extend along the edge of the sheet on the reverse.
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