Designs on the Heart: The Homemade Art of Grandma Moses

Name: The unknown Grandma Moses.
Item: Designs on the Heart: The Homemade Art of Grandma Moses
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by Karal Ann Marling

It is a story that has gone down in the annals of American art history: a New Yorker visiting upstate Hoosick Falls is entranced by four pictures hanging in the window of a drugstore. Investigating further, he learns they are the handiwork of a 78-year-old widow. Thus begins the rise to fame of Grandma Moses--farmwife, painter, and unlikely celebrity.

In this book Karal Ann Marling, distinguished observer of American visual culture, looks...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674022262

ISBN13:9780674022263

Release Date:May 2006

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:2.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 8.4" x 9.3"

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The unknown Grandma Moses.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago

This is a well written biographical book containing information about Grandma Moses that anyone who loves her and her art will get many hours of enjoyment from reading. Many reasons not to let any grass grow under your rocking chair are contained with in this book. Enjoy!