Lot 44
  • 44

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses 1860 - 1961

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
  • October
  • signed Moses (lower left); also titled October, dated June 4, 1954 and numbered 1622 on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse (copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
  • oil on masonite
  • 12 by 18 inches
  • (30.5 by 45.7 cm)

Provenance

Lillian and Arnold Michaels, San Francisco, California
By descent to the present owner (their daughter)

Literature

Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 1133, p. 313, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is one chip of paint loss in the trees left of center. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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