Lot 125
  • 125

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
  • A May Morning
  • signed Moses, l.r.; titled A May Morning, dated May  1947 and, numbered 1184 on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse (copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
  • oil on pressed wood
  • 19 1/2 by 22 in.
  • 49.5 by 55.9 cm.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Wolf
The Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Private Collection
The Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Sale:  Sotheby's, New York, March 11, 1999, lot 170
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Grandma Moses, September-October, 1948
Vienna, Austria, Neue Galerie; Munich, Germany, Amerika Haus; Salzburg, Austria, Kunstlerhaus; Berne, Switzerland, Kunsthalle; Amsterdam, Holland, Gemeentemuseum; Paris, France, Grandma Moses:  50 Paintings, June December, 1950
Tokyo, Japan, Isetan Museum; Osaka, Japan, Daimaru Museum-Umeda; Kyoto, Japan, Daimaru Museum-Kyoto; Funabashi Art Forum; Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama Takashimaya Gallery, Grandma Moses, July-November, 1990

Literature

Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 676, illustrated p. 135, pl. 123

Condition

(work is framed under glass) SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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