International Fine Arts Auction 2018-05-20
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/19/2018
PAINTING BY GRANDMA MOSES: Baker Boy
Oil painting on masonite by Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (American, 1860-1961), titled Baker Boy; signed to lower center; the verso bearing original Grandma Moses label numbered 1674 and dated April 29, 1955; 12" x 16"; framed
PROVENANCE
Hammer Galleries, New York
Estate of Al and Dorothy Nakamura, acquired from the above on December 1, 1965, with the original invoice
Collection of Yoshiko Faye Osako-Nakamura
PUBLISHED
Artist's record book, p. 65
Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, no. 1185, p. 315 (illustrated; and the provenance recorded as "Collection Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Nakamura")
EXHIBITED
December 7-24, 1965, New York, Grandma Moses: Forty Paintings Never Shown Before; at Hammer Galleries, in cooperation with Galerie St. Etienne (illustrated in exhibition catalogue, no. 28)
April-October 1995, Japan, Grandma Moses traveling exhibition; organized by Galerie St. Etienne in cooperation with Japan Airlines and HATA Stichting: Daimaru Museum, Osaka; Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo; Shimonoseki Daimaru Art Gallery, Yamaguchi; Chiba Sogo Museum of Art, Chiba (illustrated in exhibition catalogue, no. 45, p. 72)
NOTES: Supporting documentation for the above provenance, publication and exhibition history is available to all prospective bidders upon request.
Copyright reserved to Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York.
$20,000 - 30,000\n