Checkered House

Grandma Moses, Checkered House, 1955, oil on pressed wood, 22 5⁄8 × 28 5⁄8 × 1 3⁄4 in. (57.5 × 72.7 × 4.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family in Memory of Otto and Fanny Kallir, 2023.44

Artwork Details

Title
Checkered House
Artist
Date
1955
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 5⁄8 × 28 5⁄8 × 1 3⁄4 in. (57.5 × 72.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Kallir Family in Memory of Otto and Fanny Kallir
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on pressed wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape
  • Animal — horse
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Architecture — vehicle — carriage
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Architecture Exterior — farm — barn
  • Figure group
Object Number
2023.44
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2023.44

Works by this artist (8 items)

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Helen Levitt, New York, ca. 1942, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.16.4, © 1981, Helen Levitt
New York
Artist
Dateca. 1942, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Helen Levitt, Girl with Dagger, ca. 1942, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Library of Congress, Miss Claire Lusby, Neshan G. Shamigian, the National Museum of History and Technology, and George D. Widener and Eleanor Widener Dixon, 1990.57, © 1981, Helen Levitt
Girl with Dagger
Artist
Dateca. 1942
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Helen Levitt, New York, 1976, 1976, ektaflex print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1983.49, © 1976, Helen Levitt
New York, 1976
Artist
Date1976
ektaflex print
Not on view
Helen Levitt, New York, ca. 1942, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William H. Levitt, 1983.74, © 1981, Helen Levitt
New York
Artist
Dateca. 1942, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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