BOOKS ON THE ARTIST ANNA (GRANDMA) MOSES
New York. Hammer Galleries. My Life's History. Paintings by GRANDMA MOSES. 63 pp., illustrated in b&w. 4to, stapled wraps. 1960.
Item nr. 4486
$ 15.00
Kallir, Jane et al. GRANDMA MOSES in the 21st Century. Contributions by numerous authors; 264 pp., 117 colour plates and 57 b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. Alexandria, Art Services International in association with New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2001.
A reevaluation of Grandma Moses' work, presenting a selection of 87 of her most important paintings. The artist's development is traced from her early embroidered landscapes to her "old-age style" (she lived till the age of 101 and created over 1600 works over the course of her lifetime), examining her working methods, the historical context of her creative output, and how the paintings themselves function in their merging of memory and imagination. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, and at six other museums.
Item nr. 93647
$ 65.00
Marling, Karal Ann. Designs on the Heart: The Homemade Art of GRANDMA MOSES. xii and 290 pp., fully illustrated in color and b&w. Large 8vo, cloth. Cambridge and London, Harvard University Press, 2006.
In this biography the author, a distinguished observer of American visual culture, looks at Grandma Moses as a cultural phenomenon of the post-war period and explores the meaning of her subject matter and her highly successful career.
Item nr. 119236
$ 35.00
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