A passionate collector

From: Antiques & Collecting Magazine | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Collector: Lois Krahn

Passion: Grant Wood's American Gothic Memorabilia

IF YOU mention American Gothic today, you're likely to conjure up images of sullen, hygienically-challenged high school kids-pale, pierced faces, aggressively black clothes, glaring out in determined contrast to the white and denim Abercrombies that surround them. But that was not always so.

The phrase American Gothic once brought to mind something completely different: The bald seriousness of Grant's Wood's Midwestern farmer standing with his daughter, gripping a pitchfork, in front of a barn. Wood's painting from 1930 ...

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