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The Old Automobile
Details
ANNA MARY ROBERTSON 'GRANDMA' MOSES (1860-1961)
The Old Automobile
signed 'Moses.' (lower left); dated '1948. Feb 16', inscribed indistinctly '1237' and titled 'the old/automobile.' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
oil on Masonite
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
The Old Automobile
signed 'Moses.' (lower left); dated '1948. Feb 16', inscribed indistinctly '1237' and titled 'the old/automobile.' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
oil on Masonite
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Provenance
Vose Galleries, LLC, Boston
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1999, lot 190
Private collection, acquired from the above
Anon sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 October 2018, lot 61
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1999, lot 190
Private collection, acquired from the above
Anon sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 October 2018, lot 61
Literature
O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 302, no. 738 (illustrated).
Further details
The present work, painted on February 16, 1948, was assigned number 1237 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 45.
Présenté par
Kathryn Marber
Specialist, Head of Sale, Post-War to Present