In Harvest Time

Copied Grandma Moses, In Harvest Time, 1945, oil on high-density fiberboard, 23 1⁄4 × 33 7⁄8 × 2 in. (59.1 × 86.0 × 5.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family in honor of Hildegard Bachert, 2024.6, © Grandma Moses Properties Co., NY

Artwork Details

Title
In Harvest Time
Artist
Date
1945
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
23 1⁄4 × 33 7⁄8 × 2 in. (59.1 × 86.0 × 5.1 cm)
Copyright
© Grandma Moses Properties Co., NY
Credit Line
Gift of the Kallir Family in honor of Hildegard Bachert
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on high-density fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — farm — harvesting
  • Landscape — farm
  • Animal — horse
  • Architecture Exterior — farm — barn
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — farmhouse
Object Number
2024.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2024.6

Artwork Description

By 1941, Moses had stopped copying other people's compositions, but she sourced details, such as people and buildings, from newspaper and magazine clippings. In this sense, her paintings are like collages, recombining and transforming printed elements.

Some modern artists of the day drew on similar sources and ideas, working with collaged or repeated image fragments to evoke a world beyond the painted surface. The vivid coloration and visible brushstrokes of In Harvest Time also call to mind Vincent van Gogh's paintings of harvest time in the French countryside.

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