Country Fair is a 1950 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 89 and signed "Moses". It was sold at Sotheby's in 2009 for US$1,082,500.Lot 47, Sotheby's sale 21 May 2009
It shows a scene of the artist's impression of a country fair, set in a typical Moses summer setting. The figures are coming and going in all manner of horse-drawn vehicles and taking part in various activities such as horse and cattle judging, buggy racing, and eating in a temporary festival tent. The central figure is a balloon man. It was one of the last large paintings she painted.Story about the strain of painting large format paintings
See also Galerie St. Etienne
References
Image of the painting in the 1975 abridged version of Otto Kallir's 1973 catalogue raisonné
Otto Kallir, Grandma Moses, Complete edition, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1973, cat. nr. 921 p. 307, plate 229, Grandma Moses record book nr. 1417 .