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Iowa August by Fred Easker
Photo CreditGSA\Mary Margaret Carr
Iowa August
Photo CreditGSA\Mary Margaret Carr

Iowa August

Artist
Year2012
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 96 in. (61 x 243.8 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • In Northern Iowa, US Highway 9 provides spectacular distant vistas of the Iowa agricultural landscape from either side. While the contours of the land there are a bit more exaggerated compared to that around Cedar Rapids, the painting represents the spacious and rolling character of the lush Iowa landscape of mid to late summer when the corn has tasseled, the beans have set pods and the hay has been cut a second time. This beautiful land and the bounty it provides through the skill of farmers that tend it are the heart of Midwestern economy and values.