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

Cross Roads

Details

Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (1860-1961)
Cross Roads
signed 'Moses.' (lower left)--dated 'May 2, 1952' and inscribed with title and '1531' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on masonite
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above.
Ala Story Collection, Santa Barbara, California, 1956.
Peter Wray, 1963.
Hammer Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1971.

Literature

O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 311, no. 1040, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, Galerie St. Etienne, and elsewhere, Natural Painters, October 1952-April 1953.

Lot Essay

This work, painted on May 2, 1952, was assigned number 1531 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 58.

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

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