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

Early Fall

Details

Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (1860-1961)
Early Fall
signed 'Moses.' (lower center)--dated 'October 1959,' inscribed with title and '1901' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on masonite
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1959.

Provenance

The artist.
Dr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Shaw, gift from the above.
Clayton E. Shaw, Jr., son of the above, by descent.
Private collection, by descent.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 322, no. 1428.

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Lot Essay

Early Fall was a gift to Dr. Clayton E. Shaw and his wife on the occasion of their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Dr. Shaw was the artist's physician for over fifty years.

The present work, painted in October 1959, was assigned number 1901 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 85.

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

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