The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, (painting).

The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, (painting).

Wood, Grant, 1892-1942, painter.

The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, (painting).

Oil on Masonite.

29 5/8 x 39 3/4 in.

View looking down on a small homestead with a figure on the front lawn gesturing toward a white clapboard house with laundry hanging out to dry and chickens in the yard.

Landscape -- Iowa -- West Branch

Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House

Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312 Accession Number: 1982.2

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 Accession Number: 1982.2

The painting was purchased jointly by the Des Moines Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts.

Milosch, Jane C., ed., "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic," New York, NY: Prestel Publishing, 2005, plate 12.

Milosch, Jane C., ed., "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic," New York, NY: Prestel Publishing, 2005, plate 12.

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