Object Record
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Metadata
Object |
Painting |
Title |
Bennington 1953 |
Artist/Creator |
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) |
Date |
1953 |
Description |
Painting of Bennington by Anna Mary Robertson Moses (Grandma Moses) titled "Bennington" 1953. Oil on pressed wood. Signed in lower right. Handwritten label, verso, stating number M 1562 (Moses Number) title and date of painting (February 3, 1953). Kallir No. 1070. The painting shows stylized town of Bennington, Vermont. Includes the Bennington Museum, Battle Monument, stone blacksmith's shop and other buildings. Horses and carriages in foreground. |
Width (inches) |
24.000 |
Height (inches) |
18.000 |
Information |
This painting of Bennington is notable for its conspicuous spatial and temporal disjunctions. Near the center of the painting Moses has depicted the distinctive Bennington Museum building, gray with white columns, as it looked by 1937. Yet, she has included horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground, which would have been replaced by motorized vehicles long before then. Right next to the museum, Moses painted a slender version of the Bennington Battle Monument, which is actually located a half mile up the hill to the northwest of the museum. Not concerned with "accuracy," as it is traditionally defined, Moses depicted Bennington as it appeared in her mind’s eye, filtered through memory and using two iconic structures to anchor the painting’s composition and make the scene readily recognizable to anyone familiar with the town. |
Related People |
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) |
Credit line |
Museum Purchase |
Copyright owner |
Copyright © Grandma Moses Properties, New York |
Catalog Number |
1986.347 |