Grant Wood paintings shed light on artist early career
The four untitled works from 1931 echo French Impressionism and reveal Wood's struggle to define his style during the Depression era. Experts note their value lies in completing the artist's portrait, with early piecesFetchings at auction ranging from 25,000 to 125,000 dollars, while later, more iconic works fetch higher sums. Wood, born 1891 near Anamosa, pursued art in Minneapolis, Iowa City, Chicago, and Europe before achieving lasting acclaim.
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Europe
Jackson
Cedar Falls
Sotheby’s
New York
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Minneapolis
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Chicago
Grant Wood artworks span Iowa museums and private collections
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art holds over 200 Grant Wood pieces the world’s largest. Other institutions including Coe College University of Iowa Davenport and Dubuque museums house dozens more with several on loan. An Omaha collection displays four Dunn paintings once stored in a Des Moines funeral parlor and later donated.
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Soldiers’ Monument
Des Moines
Iowa
Dunn’s Funeral Parlor
Thompson Place
Des Moines Art Center
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Stewart Memorial
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Iowa City
Davenport
Stone City
Wood
David Turner
Turner
Cedar Rapids Mortuary
LeRoy Dunn
Dunn
Martha Dunn Trump
Omaha
Neb
Art Center
Trump
The
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Repeat drunken driver Myers held on $28,000 bond
Myers faces charges of causing serious injury by vehicle leaving the scene and drunken driving after a collision in Linn County. He has prior drunken driving convictions and is jailed on a $28,000 cash bond. Police and county attorney describe drunk driving as a component of the charge.
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Myers
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
Iowa
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Eric Skrum
National Motorists Association
Iowa County Attorneys Association
Black Hawk County
Tom Ferguson
Skrum
Madison
Wis
Traffic Safety Administration
Testimony details attack by Champ in campus rape case
A Johnson County jury hears the first detailed account of a September 6 1996 assault on a 19 year old UI student. The attack linked to Champ 41 formerly of Los Angeles by DNA evidence. The witness described a violent rape as police and a DNA specialist corroborate the case.
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Champ
Los Angeles
Nebraska
Davenport
Johnson County
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Michael Peterson
DCI Crime Lab
Iraq set for inspections as U.N. aims to begin soon
U.S. and U.N. prepare for weapons inspections in Iraq with Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei traveling to Baghdad. If Iraq cooperates, inspections could begin before month’s end and report findings within 60 days, with any obstruction treated as a material breach.
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U.S
Saddam
U.N
United States
Bush
Hans Blix
International Atomic Energy Agency
Mohamed ElBaradei
Baghdad
Security Council
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