Inez Hess Folk Acrylic Painting of Parade Scene

Item Details

(Maria) Inez Hess (Argentinian-American; 20th century)
Untitled (Parade scene), late 20th century
Acrylic painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right

Provenance
From the collection of P.J. McArdle.

Born in Argentina, Maria Inez Hess was based in Pittsburgh and ran with a crowd of self-taught artists including John Graves, Kathleen Ferri, Robert Wright, and others. Referred to as the “suburban Grandma Moses”, she has exhibited her work at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, among other venues.

Condition

- accretions and dark marks throughout particularly to the upper right and to the lower left; billowing to the canvas; scratches and cracks to the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 27.25" W x 21.25" H.

Item #

ITMG241143