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

Snow Balling

Details

Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (1860-1961)
Snow Balling
signed 'Moses.' (lower left)--dated 'March 6, 1957,' and inscribed with title and '1766,' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil, glitter and pencil on board
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1957.

Provenance

Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, circa 1960.
By descent to the present owner.

Literature

N. Kramer, The Grandma Moses Storybook, New York, 1961, p. 14, illustrated.
W. H. Armstrong, Barefoot in the Grass: The Story of Grandma Moses, Garden City, New York, 1970, n.p., illustrated.
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 318, no. 1277, illustrated.

Lot Essay

This work, painted on March 6, 1957, was assigned number 1766 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 73.

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

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