Lot 30

Property Sold to Benefit the Motion Picture and Television FundThe Motion Picture and Television Fund charity was founded over 95 years ago by entertainment industry luminaries, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. Proceeds of the sale will be used to support MPTF’s charitable services and mission: to support our entertainment community in living and aging well, with dignity and purpose, and in helping each other in times of need. www.mptf.com

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

Come On

Details

Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (1860-1961)
Come On
signed 'Moses/©' (lower left)--dated 'Feb. 6. 1952.' and inscribed with title and number '1518.' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil and glitter on masonite
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1952.

Provenance

Hal Wallis, Rancho Mirage, California, by 1973.
Lizabeth Scott, Los Angeles, California, (possibly) gift from the above.
Estate of the above, 2015.
Gift to the present owner from the above.

Literature

O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 310, no. 1027, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

This work, painted on February 6, 1952, was assigned number 1518 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 57.

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

The present work was gifted to the Motion Picture and Television Fund from the estate of Lizabeth Scott, a well known film noir actress during the 1940s and 50s. It is possible Scott received the work from producer Hal Wallis, best known for the classic film Casablanca (1942), who helped the actress rise to fame.

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