Vintage 1961THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ILLUSTRATED BY GRANDMA MOSES HARDCOVER

One of three listed hardcover books featuring the artist , art and life of GRANDMA MOSES IN MY CLOSET of yesteryear Browse and enjoy my closet @5stella555 Ask questions prior to purchase Yes to bundles!!! This vintage hardcover The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore With pictures especially painted for this book by Grandma Moses Famous american woman artist commissioned to provide illustrations for this book Nostalgic and simple focusing on in New England, England, Christmas, complete with snow covered countrysides and rustic details like a spinning wheel and a wood-burning stove. As always with her style modern elements like industrialization are avoided she focused instead on natural landscape and simple joys of the holidays. Her folk style, capturing the magic and simplicity of the Christmas story. It is considered a signature work for grandma Moses capturing the story in her own distinctive style. Random house, New York 1961 FIRST EDITION Copyright by grandma Moses properties, Inc. 1948- 1960- 1961 “Recommended as a permanent album of the work of a well known artist “ LIBRARY JOURNAL SHE BEGAN PAINTING IN THE’30’s and her fame and reputation grew with the years She lived 101 years Passing on Dec 13 , 1961 Included is a full page newspaper article from The Orlando Sentinel about an exhibition held in Orlando Florida At the museum of Art in 2001 featuring her art and influences… and a photo of her from 1958