The Old Checkered House, 1853

The Old Checkered House, 1853 is a 1946 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 86 and signed "Moses". It has been in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art since 1952.[1]

The Old Checkered House, 1853
The Old Checkered House in 1853
ArtistGrandma Moses
Year1946
MediumOpaque watercolor, hardboard
Dimensions35.88 cm (14.13 in) × 53.66 cm (21.13 in)
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art
OwnerJ. C. Hall Edit this on Wikidata
Accession No.52-14 Edit this on Wikidata

It shows a scene of the artist's impression of the Checkered House in Cambridge, New York, a landmark dating from the Revolutionary War period. Like the Checkered house version she had painted a few years before, the artist shows her impression of the stage coach with passengers at the spot along Highway 22 where the old house once stood. The painting was donated in 1952 by the man who negotiated the rights to print the first Grandma Moses Christmas cards in 1947, Mr. Joyce Hall, for Hallmark Cards.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Painting record for 52-14, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Joyce Hall