American Art
American Art
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
The Home of Hezekiah King
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses
1860 - 1961
The Home of Hezekiah King
signed MOSES. (lower right) and titled (lower left); also dated 1942, Aug 21 numbered 248. and titled again (on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse; copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
oil on Masonite
Masonite: 22 by 28 inches (55.9 by 71.1 cm)
framed: 30 ½ by 37 inches (77.5 by 94 cm)
The American British Art Center, Inc., New York
Jay Gould, New York, 1947
Private collection (by descent)
Sold: Hôtel des ventes d'Avignon, Avignon, France, November 30, 2019, lot 401
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Jay Gould, New York, 1947
Private collection (by descent)
Sold: Hôtel des ventes d'Avignon, Avignon, France, November 30, 2019, lot 401
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 169, p. 289, illustrated
The present work depicts the home of the artist’s great-grandfather, Hezekiah King, in Dutchess County, New York. Moses revisited this subject several times during her career and was proud of her family heritage, having heard stories growing up of Hezekiah King fighting the British in the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777.