Mt. Nebo on the Hill

Copied Grandma Moses, Mt. Nebo on the Hill, 1940 or earlier, embroidered wool on cloth, 14 × 18 × 4 in. (35.6 × 45.7 × 10.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2024.37.2, © Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York

Artwork Details

Title
Mt. Nebo on the Hill
Artist
Date
1940 or earlier
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
14 × 18 × 4 in. (35.6 × 45.7 × 10.2 cm)
Copyright
© Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
embroidered wool on cloth
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — farm — barn
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — farmhouse
Object Number
2024.37.2

Artwork Description

 The Moses family called two of their homes Mount Nebo: the last of their five Virginia residences and their farm in New York. The name references the connection between their surname and the place where the biblical Moses lived his final years and glimpsed the Promised Land.

Moses began crewelwork--embroidery with wool yarn--after her husband died in 1927; this work depicts the Mount Nebo in Eagle Bridge.

 Exhibition Label for Grandma Moses: A Good Day's Work October 24, 2025 -- July 12, 2026