Grandma's Parlor, 1930
Wanda Gágexpand_more
Lithograph on zincexpand_more
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin, Jr.expand_more P.87.13.25
Not on Viewexpand_more
Grandma’s Parlor captures every grownup’s discovery that the not-to-be-touched rooms of their childhood—those objects meant only for show—aren’t so formidable after all. Here the two pitchers prepare to dance, and the lamp, as Gág put it, resembles “a gosling poising its ridiculous wings for flight.” Yet the dramatic shadows indicate that this room at her grandmother’s Minnesota farmhouse may hold some residual terror still. The six figures in the scene may represent Gág’s six younger siblings.
Details
- Title
- Grandma's Parlor
- Artist Life
- 1893–1946
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.87.13.25
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Z.&J. 66; W. 78
- Curator Approved
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