Vintage painting, printed on cloth

Vintage grandma, Moses painting that was printed on cloth ‘ Springtime on the farm’ The story of Grandma Moses attributes success and longevity to perseverance, childlike enthusiasm, and an unwavering appreciation of life's small joys. Moses only started to paint daily from her mid-70s, and from then onwards worked prolifically until her 100th year. Since childhood, as the only sister amongst brothers, Moses passionately resented and resisted the patriarchal stereotype of women and girls being confined to the house, restricted, and dependent. Interestingly therefore, her own paintings omit indoor drudgery altogether and instead focus on the vast wonder of outside nature; they look beyond social expectations and instead gaze romantically towards the horizon. Her paintings give home to a constant hive of activity combined with a great deal of playfulness. Indeed, Moses was a pioneer and a visionary, staunchly independent herself and interested in better equality for all. Utterly self-taught with a directness of vision, her life and work illuminate the far-reaching power of one pair of practical, whilst also determined and devoted, human hands. Indeed, Grandma Moses came to embody a modern-day saint with her birthday recorded as a national holiday./c. 1952
Artist:
After painting by Grandma Moses (American, 1860–1961)
Produced by Riverdale Drapery Fabrics
United States, New York, New York
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ABOUT THIS ARTWORK
Status
Currently Off View
Department
Textiles
Artists
Riverdale Drapery Fabrics (Producer) , Grandma Moses (Painter)
Title
Early Springtime on the Farm (Furnishing Fabric)
Places
New York City (Object made in), United States (Object made in), New York (Object made in)
Dates
Made 1942-1962 , Original 1945
Medium
Cotton, mixed twill weave; screen printed
Inscriptions
Inscriptions (on right selvage): A GRANDMA MOSES FABRIC FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING "EARLY SPRINGTIME ON THE FARM" COPYRIGHT BY GRANDMA MOSES PROPERTIES, INC.; (on left selvage): A RIVERDALE FABRIC A COLOR TESTED FABRIC BEST OBTAINABLE VAT DYES SHRUNKETIZED residual shrinkage does not exceed 2% test ccc 7191A
Dimensions
198.2 × 120 cm (78 × 47 1/4 in.); Repeat: 39.7 × 57.8 cm (15 5/8 × 22 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz Endowment
Reference Number
1995