The Apple Tree

Details

Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses (1860-1961)
The Apple Tree
signed 'Moses.' (lower center)--dated 'Sept 4. 1945.' and inscribed with title and '1060.' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on board
8 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm.)
Painted in 1945.

Provenance

James Vigeveno Galleries, Los Angeles, California, by 1956.
Louis B. Mayer, Los Angeles, California.
Ann Rutherford, Beverly Hills, California, (possibly) gift from the above.
By descent to the present owner.

Literature

O. Kallir, Grandma Moses, New York, 1973, p. 297, no. 540, illustrated.

Lot Essay

This work, painted on September 4, 1945, was assigned number 1060 by the artist and entered into her record book on page 38.

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

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