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Kallir decided to make a catalog based on Grandma Moses' own words on the occasion of her 85th birthday in 1945. He chose to add "American Primitive" to the title and gave the work the subtitle "Forty paintings with comments by Grandma Moses - together with her life's history". He then wrote an essay
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The list of 42 paintings follows which were included in both the 1946 and 1947 editions. These paintings were referenced with the acronym "GMAP", in Kallir's 1973 catalogue raisonné. Since the plate numbers were different but the topic selections were the same, this list is ordered by painting date.
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transcribed interviews with the artist to develop an ego-document that could be illustrated with a selection of paintings that reflected events and scenes from her life. The selection of paintings each accompanied a story from the artist's childhood in her own words. Two of the forty paintings were
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in New York. It was organized by Louis J. Caldor and Otto Kallir and since that time Kallir himself had become a firm admirer and promoter of the artist's work. He believed the choice of works in the 1940 exhibition "included many of her early attempts in which her great talent was scarcely
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that partially rejected the "primitive" label that he felt responsible for, writing "It is important, however, not to confuse “primitive” with “self-taught” artists."
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and then arranged for large, higher quality prints that were published in 1948 to accommodate demand.
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Only four paintings were included from the 1940 exhibition. The 1973 catalogue raisonné numbers and
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Moses’ first solo exhibition had taken place in 1940 "
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Grandma Moses
Otto Kallir
What a Farmwife Painted
Galerie St. Etienne
First version published by Dryden Press (now Harcourt), 1946
Dryden Press (now Harcourt)
Second version by Doubleday, 1947
Doubleday
Louis Bromfield
Hildegard Bachert
Copyright Office in Washington
Grandma Moses record book
Black Horses
Ala Story
Frank Jay Gould
Checkered House
McDonnell Farm
Sugaring Off
Hoosick Falls in Winter

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