Lot 102
  • 102

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
  • At the Bend of the River
  • signed Moses (lower right); titled at the bend of the river, dated Oct. 5, 1948 and numbered 1296 (on an original artist's label affixed to the backing with copyright reserve to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
  • tempera on masonite
  • 16 by 24 inches
  • (40.6 by 61 cm)

Provenance

John E. Katz (Sale: Christie's, New York, May 23, 2001, lot 92)
Owen Gallery, New York

Literature

Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no.795, p. 303, illustrated

Condition

Oil on masonite. Scattered areas of minor loss in impasto, a small loss at upper edge center and in tree branch at upper right edge, minor frame abrasion along bottom and right edges. Under ultraviolet light; no apprarent sign of inpainting.
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