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William T. Wiley
The Sower after Van Gogh after Millet (Conceptual Reinterpretation, ~20% OFF)

1997

$1,520
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£1,145.98
£1,432.4820% Off
€1,340.13
€1,675.1720% Off
CA$2,151.41
CA$2,689.2720% Off
A$2,190.14
A$2,737.6820% Off
CHF 1,261.27
CHF 1,576.5920% Off
MX$26,393.23
MX$32,991.5420% Off
NOK 14,639.81
NOK 18,299.7620% Off
SEK 14,770.66
SEK 18,463.3320% Off
DKK 10,016.51
DKK 12,520.6420% Off

About the Item

William T. Wiley The Sower after Van Gogh after Millet Original Color Woodcut on Vellum Year: 1997 Monoprint Paper Size: 19 x 26 inches (48.26 × 66.04 cm) Signed, dated, titled and inscribed ("For The New Shop") to lower margin Ref.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Object Number: 2003.68.20 Gallery-issued COA provided *Could come framed. Please inquire. The Sower after Van Gogh after Millet by William T. Wiley reflects the artist’s longstanding engagement with art history, appropriation, and layered cultural reference. The title itself acknowledges a chain of reinterpretation: the original The Sower compositions by Jean-François Millet, later famously reimagined by Vincent van Gogh, and subsequently revisited through Wiley’s distinctly conceptual and often ironic lens. Wiley, a major figure associated with West Coast conceptualism and the California Funk movement, frequently blended humor, language, personal symbolism, and historical quotation within his work. In this piece, he transforms the iconic image of the sower—a figure traditionally associated with labor, cycles of nature, and spiritual metaphor—into a more self-aware and intellectually playful composition. Rather than simply reproducing Van Gogh or Millet, Wiley interrogates the act of artistic inheritance itself, emphasizing how images evolve through reinterpretation across generations. Stylistically, Wiley’s work often combines drawing, text, painterly gestures, and unconventional symbolism in ways that resist strict categorization. His reinterpretation of The Sower likely retains traces of Van Gogh’s expressive energy while introducing Wiley’s characteristic wit, fragmentation, and conceptual layering. The title’s repeated “after” underscores the notion that art history is cumulative and conversational rather than fixed or singular. The work exemplifies Wiley’s broader practice of collapsing distinctions between homage, critique, and reinvention, positioning historical masterpieces within a contemporary framework shaped by irony, intellect, and experimentation. William T Wiley The Sower, after Van Gogh after Millet, conceptual reinterpretation artwork, California Funk movement art, art historical reference print, contemporary sower composition, appropriation in modern art, layered visual narrative, postmodern figurative artwork, symbolic agricultural imagery William T Wiley artist, American conceptual art, California Funk art, West Coast contemporary art, mixed media artist, art and language movement, postwar American art, conceptual figuration, experimental printmaking, contemporary American artist
  • Creator:
    William T. Wiley (1937, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1997
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Kansas City, MO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU608318093832

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