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Guy Davenport’s “The Geography of the Imagination” alleges that this painting’s central figures represent Pluto and Proserpina. This painting won a bronze medal and $300 cash prize in a contest before being acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago. Several potted plants (-5[1])appear to the left of arched (*) windows (10[1])in front of the central setting of this painting, inspired by the Dibble House (10[1])in Iowa. In this painting, a glasses-wearing man modeled after the artist’s dentist, Byron McKeeby, holds a pitchfork. For 10 points, name this painting of a farmer and his wife by Grant Wood. ■END■ (10[1])

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