Lot Essay
This work, painted on April 23, 1957, was assigned number 1772 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 73.
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Lilacs
Details
ANNA MARY ROBERTSON 'GRANDMA' MOSES (1860-1961)
Lilacs
signed 'Moses.' (lower right)—dated 'April 23, 1957,' inscribed with title and numbered '1772' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on masonite
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1957.
Lilacs
signed 'Moses.' (lower right)—dated 'April 23, 1957,' inscribed with title and numbered '1772' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on masonite
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1957.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Cook.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.
Literature
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 318, no. 1282, illustrated.
R. Frost, A Prayer in Spring, New York, 2011, illustrated on the title page.
R. Frost, A Prayer in Spring, New York, 2011, illustrated on the title page.
Exhibited
Osaka, Japan, Daimaru Museum; Tokyo, Japan, Seiji-Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art; Yamaguch, Japan, Shimonoseki Daimaru Art Gallery; Chiba, Japan, Chiba Sogo Museum of Art, Grandma Moses Exhibition in Japan, April 19-October 30, 1995, p. 78, no. 51, illustrated.
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