Inez Hess Folk Art Mixed Media Painting of Christ's Baptism

Item Details

(Maria) Inez Hess (Argentinian-American; 20th century)
Untitled (baptism of Christ), late 20th century
Charcoal drawing with watercolor on paperboard
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

- toning to paperboard; edge wear to board with bent corners; surface tears to verso.

Dimensions

Item #

ITMG330804