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Art Subject: Handwriting
The Propeller Pilot - Original Handsigned Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Yvon TAILLANDIER
The Propeller Pilot
Original pastel drawing
Handsigned in pencil
On vellum BFK Rives 50 x 65 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 in)
Very good condition, slight traces of pastel in...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Pastel
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1952 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spr...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Aeolus and Sailboat - Original handsigned black-manner etching - 100 copies
By Mario Avati
Located in Paris, IDF
Mario AVATI
Aeolus and Sailboat in the moonlight
Original black manner etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 100 copies
On BFK Rives vellum 30 x 19.5 cm (c. 12 x 8 in)
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
2 DRAWINGS
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 DRAWINGS of 21x30cm each / A4 size
Markers on paper
Unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Keith Haring Pop Shop calendar 1989/1990 (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1989:
Rare Keith Haring illustrated 20 month calendar designed by Haring just months before his passing in February, 1990. The calendar was sold in 1989/90 at H...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Portrait of Marty
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Marty
1999
Titled, dated and inscribed in black ink, recto; Also signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver pr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bonnard, Couverture, Bonnard Lithographe (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper.
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 9.5 x 25 inches, with centerfold, as issued
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: Fr...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Sketch - Drawing in Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original drawing in Pencil, on creamy-colored paper realized b in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for cutaways on the right margin.
The artwork is depic...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Autographed Portrait of Anna Vita - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed porttait of the actress Anna Vita.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fernand Leger, Soldiers Playing Cards, from War Drawings 1915-16, 1956 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Soldats jouant aux cartes (Soldiers Playing Cards), from the album Fernand Leger, Dessins de Guerre 1915...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Andy Warhol, Für die Grünen - Screenprint from 1980, Pop Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Andy Warhol für die Grünen, 1980
Medium: Screenprint on paper (election poster)
Dimensions: 101 x 77 cm
Edition size unknown: Not signed, not numbered
Publish...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Kenny Scharf drawing 1998 (Basquiat Keith Haring Kenny Scharf Lio Malca)
By Kenny Scharf
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kenny Scharf book drawing 1998:
1990's Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf exhibition catalogue featuring a signed & inscribed Kenny Scharf drawing. Further background: ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Offset, Paper, Ink
Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Fiber wall sculpture: 'Vicino'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Horse Head, Ink on Paper, Black Color by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse Head
Ink on Paper
10 x 8 inches, 2011
( delivered unframed )
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremely successful right from h...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Signed Daido Moriyama photo book (Daido Moriyama Farewell Photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Daido Moriyama artist book: Daido Moriyama Farewell Photography:
Daido Moriyama’s 1972 photobook Farewell Photography was one of the most influential photography books ever released. This striking, beautifully rendered re-publication, designed by Satoshi Machiguchi in close cooperation with Moriyama, makes for a timeless, limited edition Moriyama collector's piece.
The book includes a companion magazine with a retrospective essay by Moriyama as well as details and backgrounds for each single photobook (compiled exclusively for this publication). The English edition of the companion magazine opens with an edited English translation of Daido Moriyama’s conversation with Takuma Nakahira, originally included in Japanese in the 1972 release and never before translated.
Photo book...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography
Materials
Paper
Letter K - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter K from the Alphabet series is an original lithograph realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Artis's proof.
The state of preservation is good wi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$295 Sale Price
35% Off
Drawing with Flowers, signed and dedicated to Max Brun
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall's Drawing with Flowers (1969), signed and dedicated to Max Brun, is an intimate testament to their close friendship. This unique pen drawing, measuring 32 x 24 cm, holds...
Category
1960s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Gel Pen
Marilyn Monroe . Passed out on the bed . The last sitting
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (1964)
passed out on the bed
circa 2009
hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern
COA hand signed by bert stern
edition of 72
perfect condition
Category
1980s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Print by David Hollier
Located in New York, NY
Text from: Marilyn Monroe
"One of the Best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel."
Limited run of 100 editions, hand printed ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Fiber wall sculpture: 'Nature'
Located in New York, NY
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego, bridge language and cosmogony. Starting from a single linguistic element like a verbal root, they trace its evolution around the world and throu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Langston Hughes No.4_ America Martin, ink quote- portion of sale to ACLU/NAACP
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A portion of each sale will be donated to the ACLU + NAACP
JoAnne Artman Gallery proudly introduces America Martin’s new series "I See Heroes Everywhere."
Addressing the theme of h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Marilyn Monroe . Wine on the bed . The last sitting (1962)
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (19642
wine on the bed
circa 2009
hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern
COA hand signed by bert stern
edition of 72
perfect condition
Category
1980s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1967 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 168) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (380 x 277 mm). There is p...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
1973 original poster by Jean Dubuffet Coucou Bazar at the Grand Palais in Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
In 1973, Jean Dubuffet, a pioneer of the Art Brut movement, created an iconic poster to promote his interactive and innovative performance art piece, Coucou Bazar, at the Grand Palai...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Signature in Gold 2 Glass Contemporary art Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Plexiglass
Year: 2025
Style: Contemporary Art,
Title: Signature in Gold 2
Size: 1...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Glass, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramovic
Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed), 2014
Ink drawing held inside hardback monograph, done at the artist's Serpentine Gallery exhibition, han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
David Hockney, Letter Q, Variation I, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by David Hockney (born 1937), titled Letter Q, Variation I, from the folio Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, originates from the 1991 edition p...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
John F. K.'s Nightmare / - Congealed into an icon -
By Pure Evil
Located in Berlin, DE
Charles Uzzell-Edwards aka 'Pure Evil' (*1968), John F. K.'s Nightmare, c. 2010. Color serigraph, 35.4 x 25 cm, signed in pencil lower right with artist's name and artist's signet, i...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
I’d Rather Have a Live Woman than a Frozen Leopard by Julian Schnabel
Located in Long Island City, NY
I’d Rather Have a Live Woman than a Frozen Leopard by Julian Schnabel, American (1951)
Date: 1990
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 16/60
Size: 35.5 x 28.5 in. (9...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
1993 poster "Nous vaincrons" by Ben, Images for the Fight Against AIDS
By Ben Vautier
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1993 poster "Nous vaincrons" by Ben Vautier, commonly known as Ben, represents a striking piece of socially conscious art dedicated to the fight against AIDS. Part of the "Images...
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Chi i Piedi Lecca di Fanfani Senatore sarà Domani-Drawing by Mino Maccari-1935
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Original Title: " Chi i Piedi Lecca di Fanfani Senatore sarà Domani" (Whoever licks Fanfani's feet will be Senator tomorrow).
China ink drawing realized by Maccari in 1865 ca.
Hand...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Original 1967 exhibition poster by Jean Tinguely - Le Rotozaza
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1967 exhibition poster was designed by the celebrated Swiss kinetic artist Jean Tinguely for his groundbreaking show Le Rotozaza at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, located at ...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Fresh Sketch - Red Ink Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1970
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful fresh sketch in red ink on an ivory-colored paper, with an autograph dedication "Per Pino Fasio amicia Pittore Wifredo Lam Albissola 1970" . Dated and signed in red ink. V...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
James Joyce
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Winterswijk, NL
James Joyce
Catalog raisonné: Schellmann 511
Offset
1984
In great condition
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
$334 Sale Price
20% Off
"Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend", Acrylic on Wood, Graffiti, Street Art
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on wood. The piece measures 89.5cm x 125cm / 35.25in x 49.25in unframe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
original lithograph
By Emlen Etting
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1956 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Book Lover - Original Lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Ronald SEARLE (1920-2011)
The Book Lover, 1973
Original lithograph
Signed in the plate
On paper 60 x 45 cm (c. 23.6 x 17.7 in)
INFORMATION : Lithograph produced for the poster of t...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Church S. Restituita, Naples, Vintage photo by Fratelli Alinari - 1886 ca
By Fratelli Alinari
Located in Roma, IT
The Church S. Restituita, Naples, Vintage photo is a photo realized in the 1886 ca., by F.lli Alinari.
The photo depicts the Church S. Restituita in Naples, the marble bas-relief w...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Letter To Grandma
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
There is no other love that’s as special as the love of a grandma. So warm and fuzzy, so calm and sweet, so cheerful and joyful. You never know the love of a grandparent until you become one.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Oluwaseun Ojebiyi is a promising young Nigerian visual artist who was born in the year 1996 into a family in Oyo state richly endowed with a unique artistic inclination. He is gifted with unusual energy and a future that sparkles with excellence.
His works are at once artistic and realistic and laced with active energy with the characteristic of curiosity in figure study. He delivers his works through drawing and painting with mastery usage of charcoal, pastel, Oil paint, and acrylic. His expressive works bring back fond memories of childhood experiences. His works reveal the bond, teamwork, genuine love, selflessness, and other fine qualities in African culture. His palette which contains a variety of colors is a great asset for his delivery, with its rich Shade of hues.
Oluwaseun inspiration is divine, He is also inspired by both past and everyday life experiences. Oluwaseun Ojebiyi had an HND in painting from The Polytechnic, Ibadan. He also served an apprenticeship under the renowned international artist Oluwole Omofemi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Fernand Leger, Plate 111, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Planche 111 (Plate 111), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates fro...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
37% Off
1968 Saul Steinberg 'Louisiana'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 29 x 21.75 inches ( 73.66 x 55.245 cm )
Image Size: 29 x 21.75 inches ( 73.66 x 55.245 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Ex Libris de Francisco Camp Rodon Valer - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris de Francisco Camp Rodon Valer is an Artwork, woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 20.5 x 15 cm.
The artwork represents...
Category
1950s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1952 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spr...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.156
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.156 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.156 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
Category
1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Sala Gaspar, Exhibition Poster
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
With a swirly goatee and whimsical line work, the figure in this vibrant color lithograph reflects Picasso’s child-like spirit and joyful composition. Created as an advertisement for...
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Hockney, Letter U, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by David Hockney (born 1937), titled Letter U, from the folio Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, originates from the 1991 edition published by A...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Hunt Slonem "Profile" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Profile
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Prière - PhotoLithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.5 x 20 cm.
Editions of 50 pieces (XVIII / L).
Published in the Portfolio "La Prière".
Signed and numbered on bottom left in pencil.
Includes a contemporary w...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Shrigley - The Paper Weighs Nothing, 2014
Located in Central, HK
David Shrigley
The Paper Weighs Nothing, 2014
Lithograph on paper
22 2/5 × 15 in 57 × 38 cm
Edition of 100
Hand-signed and numbered
Published...
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.154
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.154 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.154 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
Category
1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Fresh Cut: Cornbread Philly", Acrylic on Wood, Graffiti, Street Art
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Fresh Cut: Cornbread Philly" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on wood. The piece measures 89.5cm x 125cm / 35.25in x 49.25in unframed, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
William Holden - Vintage Photograph - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
William Holden is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1952.
The photo depicts the american actor William Holden, alias of William Franklin Beedle Jr.
Hand signed and dedic...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.030
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.030 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.030 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
Category
1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean Cocteau, Manoletina, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Manoletina (Manoletina), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by Jean Cocteau),...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1954 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spr...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1958 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring, Untitled, from Against All Odds, 1990
By Keith Haring
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Keith Haring (1958–1990), titled Untitled, from the album Against All Odds, 20 drawings - Oct. 3, 1989 (Against All Odds, 20 drawings - Oct. 3, 1989), or...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Brut : Totem - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Thomas Gleb (Yehouda Chaim Kalman, called)
Art Brut, Totem, 1960
Original Lithograph
Signed in pencil
Dated (19)60
On vellum 25 x 16.5 cm (c. 10 x 6.5 in)...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Photo Archive Grandma Moses Folk Art Artist Photograph Collection
By Grandma Moses
Located in Surfside, FL
Group of original vintage color and black and white photographs related to Grandma Moses.
Dimensions: Largest is 6 X 8 with mat. the rest are smaller.
There are a total of photos. most with hand inscriptions and dated verso.
They are not signed.
Provenance: the collection of the Beers family and is from the estate.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 – 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953. She was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary. Her autobiography, titled My Life's History, was published in 1952. She was also awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. She embroidered pictures with yarn, until disabled by arthritis. In her 1961 obituary, The New York Times said: "The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring ... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit, she could be sharp-tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant grandchild."
Moses's work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards. In 2006, her 1943 painting titled Sugaring Off was sold at Christie's New York for US$1.36 million, setting an auction record for the artist. Her work is fundamental for any Naive art or Americana collection.
She was known as either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses", and although she first exhibited as "Mrs. Moses", the press dubbed her "Grandma Moses", and the nickname stuck. As a young wife and mother, Moses was creative in her home; for example, in 1918 she used house paint to decorate a fireboard. Beginning in 1932, Moses used yarn to embroider pictures for friends and family. She created quilt objects, a form of "hobby art". Lucy R. Lippard stated in "The Word in Their Hands" that she found "hobby art" to be "an activity so 'low' on the art lists that it still ranks way below 'folk art'". She found that hobby art often involves reuse of otherwise discarded objects.
Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life, such as tractors and telephone poles.
Her early style is less individual and more realistic or primitive, with a lack of knowledge of, or perhaps rejection of, basic perspective. Initially she created simple compositions or copied existing images. As her career advanced, she created complicated, panoramic compositions of rural life.
During a visit to Hoosick Falls in 1938, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector who worked as an engineer in the state of New York, saw paintings made by Moses in the window of a drug store. He bought their supply and ten more from her Eagle Bridge house for $3 or $5 each. The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper




