Lot 59
  • 59

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses 1860-1961

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
  • Saddle Bags
  • signed MOSES (lower right); also dated Nov. 1950, numbered 1448 and titled Saddle Bags on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse (copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
  • oil on masonite
  • 19 by 24 inches
  • (48.3 by 61 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. Kenneth Bullard (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Colorado, circa 1990 (sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 30, 2000, lot 193, illustrated in color)
Spanierman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Corporate Collection, Wilmington, Delaware, 2000 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner, 2006

Literature

Artist's Record Book, p. 55
Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 954, illustrated p. 308

Condition

Very good condition. Some slight surface dirt in the sky. Under UV: no apparent inpainting.
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