Grant Wood
(1892 - 1942)

March
Lithograph
1940
Ed. 250
9 x 12 inches
Signed in pencil
$9,000

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.

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