Live Auction 2171Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Christie’s roundel
Lot 105

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961)

School is Out

Closed20 May 2009

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Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961)
School is Out
signed 'Moses.' (lower right)--dated 'July 26, 1943' and inscribed with title and '435' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on masonite
17¼ x 26¾ in. (43.8 x 68 cm.)
Painted in 1943.

The artist.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the above, 1943.
Mr. James N. Rosenberg, New York, acquired from the above, 1947.
Mrs. James N. Rosenberg, acquired from the above, by 1973.
Anne Geismar, by 1988.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work, painted on July 26, 1943, was assigned number 435 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 21.

The copyright for this picture is reserved to Grandma Moses Properties, Co., Inc., New York.