Ploughed Fields

1936

Wanda Gág

Associated Names
Wanda Gág

Artist, American, 1893 - 1946

American Artists Group

Publisher

The image displays a landscape with undulating fields and rolling hills drawn from an elevated point of view. The horizon is suggested by distant hills meeting the sky, without a sharp definition. The drawing style features flowing lines and curves, indicating movement across the landscape with detailed textures in the fields and trees. Close by, field furrows form a rhythmic pattern. Trees are illustrated with swirling motions. The color palette is monochromatic, using various shades of gray for depth and contrast, while the sky has swirling clouds, balancing the darker land tones.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Winnan, Audur H. Wanda Ga'g: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, no. 109.

Wikidata ID

Q76555409

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