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

We would like to thank Hildegard Bachert and Jane Kallir for their assistance in the researching of this lot. The present work will be assigned the number 1557 in a future supplement of the “Catalogue of the Works” in Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973.

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

A letter by the artist's nephew, Wilfred Robertson, affixed to the reverse of the present work reads, "This painting was given [to] me by 'Grandma Moses' about 1956. Grandma was showing me how to paint a picture, she used this board which was already painted white. Grandma started at top and said a little blue for upper corners. a little pink with yellow. use two colors in one brush for mountains. next she painted The roof of house and barn then the grass and last Grandma painted in the trees saying you exaggerate most things and made larger bodies at tree trunks and then she used stiff brush and pounded it...to make leaves. She told me, take it home with you. Maybe it will bring ¢.75 sometime. Wilfred."