Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961)

The Plantation

Details

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961)
The Plantation
signed 'Moses./©' (lower right)--dated 'February 6, 1952' and inscribed with title and '1517' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on board
15 x 24 in. (38.1 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1952.

Provenance

The President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman.
Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 2007, lot 275.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

The artist's record book, p. 57.
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 310, no. 1026, illustrated.

Lot Essay

This work, painted on February 6, 1952, was assigned number 1517 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 57.

The copyright for this picture is reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, Co., Inc., New York.

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