Creator:

Wood, Grant, 1891-1942  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Subject:

Olds, Elizabeth  Search this

Daughters of the American Revolution  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Iowa)  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1934 Feb. 6

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

Letter : 2 p. : typescript ; 27 x 21 cm.

Summary:

Wood comments happily on the continuation of the Civil Works Administration (a later name for the Public Works of Art Project) and offers his services to continue as a state head for the project, he also recommends Elizabeth Olds for another position; he discusses some visitors, an article from the Des Moines register on Iowa artists, and the controversy over his painting <em>Daughters of Revolution.</em> <br>Referring to the Baltimore chapter of the DAR who suspect he is a communist, he signs the letter "Grant 'Red' Wood." <br>He also includes a limerick as a postscript.

Citation:

Grant Wood. Grant Wood letter to Edward B. Rowan, 1934 Feb. 6. Edward Beatty Rowan papers, 1929-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)13878

See more items in:

Edward Beatty Rowan papers, 1929-1946

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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