Grandma's Kitchen 1932

lithograph, print

pencil drawn

aged paper

toned paper

light pencil work

lithograph

print

pencil sketch

old engraving style

personal sketchbook

pen-ink sketch

united-states

sketchbook drawing

pencil work

"Grandma’s Kitchen" (1932) is a woodcut print by Wanda Gág. The print depicts a domestic scene, a bedroom with a bed and a window overlooking a garden, all rendered with Gág's distinctive detailed, dark lines and cross-hatching. The scene appears still and peaceful, a quiet space filled with everyday objects, creating a sense of warmth and comfort. Gág, a notable American illustrator and author, is known for her intricate woodcuts, often featuring animals and whimsical scenes. This print, a fine example of her work, is housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

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Wanda Gág loved walking to her grandparents’ Minnesota farm as a child. She was delighted to find it virtually unchanged when, as a successful 34-year-old author, she took a side trip during a Midwestern book tour in 1929 to pay a visit. There was the familiar sewing machine, the wall calendar, the newspaper rack. There was the old couch where, she said, “all the Gágs had sat thousands of times.” Newly acclaimed for her 1928 book Millions of Cats, Gág inserted a sleeping cat into the print—perhaps a sign that she, too, was part of this mythic place.