Home, 1944

Provenance

James Vigeveno Galleries, Los Angeles, California

Laraine Day

Gilbert Galleries, San Francisco, California

Private collection, Texas

Sale, Dallas Auction Gallery, Texas, November 4, 2015, lot 59, from above

Private collection, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, December 16, 2022, lot 549

Literature

Kallir, Grandma Moses (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1973), 295, no. 456.

Related Works

Home in the Country, 1942, 9¼ x 11¼ inches, signed lower right; Bennington Museum, Vermont

Thanksgiving Turkey, 1943, oil on wood, 15⅛ x 19⅛ inches, signed lower left of center; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Snow Scene, 1947, oil and glitter on board, 8 x 12 inches, signed lower left; Bennington Museum, Vermont

Note: On verso is the artist’s original label, numbered 1060.

Laraine Day (1920–2007) was an American actress and radio commentator who starred in numerous films throughout the 1940s opposite such actors as Cary Grant, Ronald Reagan, and John Wayne.