Grasshopper and Farmer

1938

Otis Dozier

Associated Names
Otis Dozier

Artist, American, 1904 - 1987

The image displays an oversized grasshopper in a landscape with a barn, windmill, and open fields. The grasshopper dominates the scene, with the horizon at the lower third. The artwork features bold brushstrokes, shading, and a monochromatic palette of black and gray. A farmer is shown struggling beneath the grasshopper, with small buildings and open land extending into the distance.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1986; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Williams, Reba and Dave Williams. The Mexican Muralists and Prints from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Exh. cat., New York: 1990: 20.

1991

  • Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 72.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Grasshopper and Farmer" lower center in graphite: Ed 10/14; lower right in graphite: Dozier '38; lower left corner in graphite: 10/14; upper right corner edge in graphite by unknown hand: O.D.

Watermarks

FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q76443127

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