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Early Skating
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
Anna Mary Robertson Moses—better known as Grandma Moses—began painting in her late seventies, after decades of working on a farm. Early Skating is one of more than 1,500 of her paintings that depict the seasonal activities and landscape of her rural community in upstate New York. As is characteristic of the artist’s distinctive style, the action is concentrated in the lower half of the composition, and the figures are described in flat, reductive shapes with minimal details.
MEDIUM
Oil and tempera on Masonite
DATES
1951
DIMENSIONS
17 15/16 x 24 in. (45.6 x 61 cm)
Frame: 26 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (67.3 x 82.6 x 6.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed bottom center: "MOSES."
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed verso, upper center, on paper label: "Sept 21, 1951, / 1493, /
Early Skating"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
83.122.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of R. Thornton Wilson
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1977, provenance not yet documented; before 1977, acquired by R. Thornton Wilson; 1983, gift of the estate of Thornton Wilson to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
CAPTION
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (American, 1860–1961). Early Skating, 1951. Oil and tempera on Masonite, 17 15/16 x 24 in. (45.6 x 61 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of R. Thornton Wilson, 83.122.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.122.2_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© 1973 (renewed 2001) Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York
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