Inez Hess Acrylic Folk Painting of Street Festival

Item Details

(Maria) Inez Hess (Argentinian-American; 20th century)
Untitled (street festival), late 20th century
Acrylic painting on canvas board
Signed “M.I. Hess” 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

- minor frame wear and marks to surface of painting; tear to paper backing.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible work 27.5" W x 21.5" H.

Item #

ITMG274551