Lot Essay
This work, painted on January 3, 1945, was assigned number 1003 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 38.
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Property from the Prominent Collection of Mrs. Virginia Kraft-Payson
ANNA MARY ROBERTSON 'GRANDMA' MOSES (1860-1961)
The Lonely Tramp or Traveler
Details
ANNA MARY ROBERTSON 'GRANDMA' MOSES (1860-1961)
The Lonely Tramp or Traveler
signed 'Moses.' (lower right)—dated 'Jan 3. 1945.', inscribed with title and numbered '1003.' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil and glitter on masonite
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1945
The Lonely Tramp or Traveler
signed 'Moses.' (lower right)—dated 'Jan 3. 1945.', inscribed with title and numbered '1003.' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil and glitter on masonite
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Provenance
The artist.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1949.
Charles Shipman Payson, New York.
By descent to the present owner.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1949.
Charles Shipman Payson, New York.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Brundage Christmas card, 1946 (as Christmas).
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses: American Primitive, New York, 1946, pl. 40, illustrated (as Christmas Eve).
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 296, no. 483, illustrated.
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses: American Primitive, New York, 1946, pl. 40, illustrated (as Christmas Eve).
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 296, no. 483, illustrated.
Exhibited
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Public Library; St. Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul Gallery and School of Art; Lubbock, Texas, Texas Technological College Art Institute; Zanesville, Ohio, Art Institute of Zanesville; Ithaca, New York, Cornell University College of Architecture; Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, State Teachers College; Chicago, Illinois, Marshall Field & Co, Grandma Moses, 1946-1947.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Charlotte, North Carolina, The Mint Museum of Art; Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; Monmouth, Illinois, Monmouth College; Grinnell, Iowa, Grinnell College; Racine, Wisconsin, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Grandma Moses, 1948-1949.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Charlotte, North Carolina, The Mint Museum of Art; Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; Monmouth, Illinois, Monmouth College; Grinnell, Iowa, Grinnell College; Racine, Wisconsin, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Grandma Moses, 1948-1949.
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