Lot 161
  • 161

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
  • The Last Load
  • signed Moses (lower right); titled the last load, dated Sept. 18, 1953 and numbered 1595 (on an original artist's label affixed to the backing with copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
  • tempera on board
  • 18 by 24 in.
  • 46 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Collection of the Wayne Field Family, 1960 (sold:  Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 1990, lot 261)
Corporate Collection, Hiratsuka, Japan
Sale:  Sotheby's, New York, December 4, 2002, lot 162
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

The artist's record book, p. 60, no. 1595
Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 1106, p. 313, illustrated

Condition

SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: a couple of spots of repaint at upper right; a few spots along lower edge
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