Erosion No. 2 - Mother Earth Laid Bare by Alexandre Hogue Print

Enhance your space with a print of Erosion No. 2 - Mother Earth Laid Bare by Alexandre Hogue from the Philbrook Art & Gardens collection. This work is reproduced upon demand using a museum approved high resolution image, printed on matte finish fine art paper surrounded by a white border. Please select your preferred size from the options below and a print will be custom made to your order. 

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This painting is from a group of Dust Bowl era works Hogue called his Erosion series, depicting the damage caused by careless farming practices. Here, the plow looms as a menacing symbol of man's disruption of the soil and grasslands, leaving "mother earth" literally stripped bare. 

Alexandre Hogue (American, 1898-1994). Erosion No. 2 - Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936. Oil on canvas, 40 x 55 in. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Museum purchase, 1946.4 © Olivia Marino