Minneapolis Institute of Art

Snow Drifts

Wanda Gág

Date

1934

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Snowbound in the early 1930s at her New Jersey farm (bought with earnings from her children’s books), Wanda Gág headed to her studio and apparently decided to have some fun. Treating snow like hunks of sugary meringue, she carved it into patterns that might have been plucked from her childhood. The various shapes could be a frilly collar, an angel wing, or a chair leg. At middle left could be a stylized G. United States, Americas

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