
Art Institute of Chicago
American Gothic
Grant Wood · 1930
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Cedar Rapids, IA; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1930; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3346/american-paintings-and-sculpture-43rd-annual"><em>Forty–Third Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture</em></a>, Oct. 30–Dec. 14, 1930, cat. 207.
- Cedar Rapids, IA, Little Gallery of the American Federation of Arts, Feb. 1931.
- Ann Arbor, MI, Alumni Memorial Hall, <em>Paintings from the Annual Chicago Exhibit</em>, Mar. 16–Apr. 11, 1931, no cat. (organized by the Ann Arbor Art Association).
- Buffalo, NY, Albright Art Gallery, <em>Twenty–Fifth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists</em>, Apr. 26–June 22, 1931, cat. 139.
- San Diego Fine Art Gallery, <em>Show of Contemporary Eastern Painting</em> [probably], c. June 1932, no cat.; Santa Barbara, CA, Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, c. Aug. 1932.
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Paintings and Prints by Chicago Artists, Feb. 28–Mar. 30, 1933, cat. 37, ill. frontispiece.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 666, pl. 92.
- Washington, DC, Phillips Collection, Nov. 1933–Feb. 1934.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, <em>Contemporary American Painting</em>, Mar. 31–Apr. 30, 1934.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1934, cat. 716.
- Chicago, Lakeside Press Galleries, Loan Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Grant Wood, Feb–Mar. 1935, cat. 33, ill. p. 23.
- New York, Ferargil Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Grant Wood, Mar–Apr. 1935, cat. 15.
Literature
Published references
- "Prize Awards in the Annual American Exhibition," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 24, no. 9 (Dec. 1930): 120, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4103927">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4103927</a>.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of the Forty-Third Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1930), n.p., cat. 207 (ill.).
- "The Cover," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 25, no. 2 (Feb. 1931): cover, 25 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4103860">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4103860</a>.
- Albright Art Gallery, <em>Twenty-Fifth Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists</em>, exh. cat. (Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1931), 26, cat. 139 (ill.).
- "Loans to Other Museums and Institutions," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago: Report for the Year 1931</em> 26 no. 2 (Feb. 1932): 70.
- "Loans to Other Museums and Institutions," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago: Report for the Year 1933</em> 28, no. 3 (Mar. 1934): 71, 73.
- "Loans to Other Museums and Institutions," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago: Report for the Year 1934</em> 29, no. 3 (Mar. 1935): 72.
- "Loans to Other Museums and Institutions," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago: Report for the Year 1935</em> 30, no. 3 (Mar. 1936): 68.
- Frederick A. Sweet, "Half a Century of American Art," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 33, no. 6 (Nov. 1939): 97, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4114023">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4114023</a>.
- Anita Brenner, "Is There An American Art?," <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>, Nov. 23, 1941, 13 (ill.).
- Frederick S. Wight and Lloyd Goodrich, <em>Milestones of American Painting in Our Century</em> (Chanticleer Press, 1949), 30, 74–75, pl. 21 (ill.).
- Aline B. Louchheim, "A New Yorker Visits the Art Institute," <em>The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly</em> 46, no. 2 (Apr. 1, 1952): 23, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4112565">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4112565</a>.
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