Our Good Earth
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson and William T. Evans
Accession Number
2001.4
Tags
hatmale and childfarmcloudfarmer
About this artwork
When Curry was asked to create a monumental image for a war-bond poster during World War II, he depicted a noble American farmer, flanked by two carefree children, standing tall in his Kansas wheat field. The imposing figure emphasizes how important farming was to the war effort. This watercolor is a study for the painting, which was then reproduced as a poster captioned âOur Good Earth â Keep It Ours.â