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{{Short description|1943 painting by Grandma Moses}} |
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'''''Thanksgiving Turkey''''' is a 1943 oil painting by the American [[Outsider art|outsider]] painter [[Grandma Moses]], produced at age 83 and signed "Moses". It has been in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] since 1950.<ref name=Met>[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19301 Painting record for 50.145.375], Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of [[Mary Stillman Harkness]], 1950</ref> |
'''''Thanksgiving Turkey''''' is a 1943 oil painting by the American [[Outsider art|outsider]] painter [[Grandma Moses]], produced at age 83 and signed "Moses". It has been in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] since 1950.<ref name=Met>[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19301 Painting record for 50.145.375], Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of [[Mary Stillman Harkness]], 1950</ref> |
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It shows a scene of the artist's impression of catching a |
It shows a scene of the artist's impression of catching a [[Thanksgiving dinner|Thanksgiving turkey]], a subject she returned to many times in her career as an artist of "old timey" subjects. It was often in demand as a variation on her popular theme of "over the river to grandma's house", which was generally a scene of figures in a horse-drawn sleigh crossing a stream. The figures are scene in the snow by a shed trying to catch a turkey.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/grandmamoses0000kall/page/40/mode/1up Story about the artist painting "Catching the Turkey"]</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 12:38, 26 April 2024
| Thanksgiving Turkey | |
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| Artist | Grandma Moses |
| Year | 1943 |
| Medium | Oil paint, wood |
| Dimensions | 38.4 cm (15.1 in) × 48.6 cm (19.1 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Owner | Mary Stillman Harkness  |
| Accession No. | 50.145.375 |
| Identifiers | The Met object ID: 19301 |
Thanksgiving Turkey is a 1943 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 83 and signed "Moses". It has been in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1950.[1]
It shows a scene of the artist's impression of catching a Thanksgiving turkey, a subject she returned to many times in her career as an artist of "old timey" subjects. It was often in demand as a variation on her popular theme of "over the river to grandma's house", which was generally a scene of figures in a horse-drawn sleigh crossing a stream. The figures are scene in the snow by a shed trying to catch a turkey.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Painting record for 50.145.375, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
- ^ Story about the artist painting "Catching the Turkey"
- Image of the painting in the 1975 abridged version of Otto Kallir's 1973 catalogue raisonné
- Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, Complete edition, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1973, cat. nr. 293 p. 292, plate 49