Description:
Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (American, 1860-1961)
The Old Bridge in the Valley
Signed "Moses" l.l., titled and dated "...Jan. 25, 1944" on artist's label and label
from Galerie St. Etienne, New York on the reverse.
Oil on board, 21 1/2 x 30 in. (55 x 76.5 cm),framed (under glass).
Condition: Subtle surface grime.
The copyright for this picture is reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, Co., Inc., New York.
N.B. Spending much of her life as a homemaker on a rural New York farm, Moses didn't begin painting until she was into her seventies. She placed a few of her paintings for sale in a local drugstore where they sat, unsold. It wasn't until New York art collector Louis Caldor happened to see the paintings in that window, almost a year later, that Moses had her first sale. Quite taken with her simple and naive style, Caldor introduced Moses to art dealer Otto Kallir. Through Kallir, Moses' work was included in a show of self taught artists at the Museum of Modern Art. She later became known as Grandma Moses, as an interest in folk art began to grow.
Estimate $50,000-75,000