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Grant Wood February
However, the dark, featureless figures posed before a threatening winter sky leaves the viewer eerily chilled. The artist's intent remains a mystery to this day. A psychological manifestation of his not yet diagnosed pancreatic cancer might be an explanation.
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This enigmatic print executed in the winter that Grant Wood became seriously ill, presages his death in February a year later. Wood often used the horse in his compositions, recognizing the pivotal but waning role this animal played in the advance of American civilization, and specifically the settling and economic development of the Midwest.
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