ANNA MARY ROBERTSON (GRANDMA) MOSES | HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

ANNA MARY ROBERTSON (GRANDMA) MOSES
1860-1961
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

signed MOSES. (lower right); also dated 1944 Dec 1., numbered 1074. and titled Home for / Christmass [sic] (on an original label affixed to the reverse; copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, New York)
oil on Masonite
8 ¾ by 11 ¾ inches
(22.2 by 29.8 cm)

The present work has been examined by Jane Kallir and confirmed authentic by Grandma Moses Properties, Co., Inc. and the catalogue raisonné committee. The work has been assigned record number 462D.

Condition Report:
The surface of the work appears to be dirty with a few scattered accretions. There are areas of surface cracking, most noticeable in the sky, and a few pindots of loss in the center tree trunk. Although some pigments read strongly under UV, they appear to be the artist's original.

Provenance:
Sold: Bonhams, New York, November 18, 2015, lot 119

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale