09-23-201609-24-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2930BBoston
September 23, 2016 12:00 PMCalender
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Anna Mary Robertson, called Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961) Catching the Turkey, Thanksgiving

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2930BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 23, 2016 4:00PM

Description:

Anna Mary Robertson, called Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961)

Catching the Turkey, Thanksgiving
Signed "MOSES" l.r., identified and dated "...June 23, 1944" on an authorized label on the reverse.
Oil on Masonite, 18 3/4 x 24 in. (47.4 x 60.5 cm),framed (under glass).
Condition: Natural pigment fluorescence.

N.B. The painting at hand does not appear in the original Kallir catalogue raisonné prepared by Otto Kallir (Grandma Moses [New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973]),because it came to light after the book was published. The painting will be added to a future supplement of the "Catalogue of the Works" and has been assigned the number Kallir 390a.

Without any formal art training, Grandma Moses began painting in her 70s and had her first New York gallery exhibition at the age of 80. Based on her own experiences of life on the farm, her cheerful recollections of simple country life soared in popularity, propelled in part by nostalgia of Americans for the rural past. Her landscapes capture people involved in daily activities or annual events, such as in this work, Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey, an active and humorous task undertaken by a youngster in a red cap.

Copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York.



Estimate $90,000-120,000


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Keywords

Harry N. Abrams, Otto Kallir, Anna Mary Robertson, Turkey