Artist: Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942)
Title: March
Date: 1941
Accession #: 99.12.16
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 12 in.
Acquired by: Dr. Randy Lengeling
About the Artist: Grant Wood intended and nearly accomplished representing all the seasons and months of the year with his lithographs. March represents the last month of winter. This work is considered a classic in American printmaking. The zigzagging road leads the viewer, in the company of a horse drawn wagon, up a steep country lane, against a cold wind that appears to be tilting the buildings as well as the tree. Once again, Wood uncharacteristically portrays inclement weather in his work.
Wood used a favorite design system in March: the rule of thirds. He would divide the edges of the work into thirds, make diagonals from these points, and place important elements on these lines.