Inez Hess Halloween Themed Acrylic Painting

Item Details

(Maria) Inez Hess (Argentinian-American, 20th century)
Untitled (Halloween themed imagery including witch, ghost, bats, jack-o-lanterns, black cat, and spider)
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

- tack holes to the corners; minor accretions to the surface of painting; minor abrasions to the edges.

Dimensions

Item #

ITMG115213