Julie print (1986) by Patricia (P.) Buckley Moss (1933 - Present)

Highlights

• Custom gallery framed in dark brown wood with triple mat (Olive Green, Pink and Black) 
• Rare
• Double signed
• Numbered 50 out of a limited edition of 1000
• Includes hanging hardware and is ready to hang

Details

• Image Size: 4 x 3 5/8 inches
• Paper Size: 9 x 8 1/2 inches
• Frame Size: 11 x 11  x 1 inches
• Medium: Paper
• Edition: Limited Edition of 1000
• Provenance: Purchased at auction Johnston, IA
• Code:  0186117001

Comments

• Julie is a rare print by P. Buckley Moss numbered 50 out of an edition of 1000 issued in 1986
• The scene is a portrait of an Amish girl dressed in a grey coat, black hood, blue gloves and a blue checkered scarf.  In the background is a pink horizontal line and black trees.

The print contains two of P. Buckley Moss' most iconic subjects:

• an Amish / Mennonite child - these people, for Moss, represent the good life, the full life, and the life well lived in harmony with nature and in peace with all creation
• Black trees - witnesses to a scene

Condition (Please see grading guide below)

• (I) Overall: Very Good
• (II) Content: Very Good
• (III) Frame: Very Good (Dust cover intact but there are two tears/punctures; Gallery label missing; hanging hardware attached)

 

Artist Bio

 

American artist P. Buckley Moss (Pat) was born and raised on Staten Island in New York in 1933.  Growing up, great importance was given to academic achievement, and both Pat’s older sister and younger brother excelled in school.  However, Pat did not, and she was considered hopeless.  At that time, little was known about dyslexia and other learning differences, and young Patricia Buckley did not receive the help that is available to students today.  While the rest of the family sat around the kitchen table reading and doing homework, Pat drew pictures.  Her art was both a means of escape and a form of communication.

Pat’s artistic ability was recognized and she was blessed to be accepted to the Washington Irving High School in Manhattan, which provided a strong focus on the arts.  Later, she received a scholarship to New York’s prestigious Cooper Union.

Pat’s artistic style is unique, and she is perhaps best known for her “Valley style” watercolors of the Amish and Mennonites and tranquil landscapes.  Pat began including the “Plain People” symbolically in her art soon after her husband’s job took them to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the mid-1960’s.  There, she met Amish and Mennonites living in the area and admired their faith and dedication to family and caring for the land.

Pat Moss has achieved unprecedented success in the art world and has been giving back a measure of that success to the community for close to three decades.  Donations of Pat’s artwork have raised more than $4 million for worthy charitable organizations across the country.  In this endeavor, she is helped by the P. Buckley Moss Society, a group of more than 8,000 collector-members.  She has also established the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children’s Education, which promotes the use of art in the school curriculum as an aid to reaching out to children with learning differences.  While Pat’s success has been recognized as an example of a triumph over dyslexia, she believes that she is successful because of it.  It gives her the ability to see the world around her differently and caused her to develop a strong work ethic. Pat’s motivational phrase is “Find what you’re good at and love doing, and work hard at it.”

 

References

https://p-buckley-moss.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=0186117001

http://pbuckleymoss.com/Articles/WhoAreThePlainPeopleInTheArtOfMoss.pdf

http://www.pbuckleymoss.com/Articles/BlackCatsbyMoss.pdf

http://www.mosscollectors.com/rare.pdf

http://pbuckleymoss.com/Articles/Who_is_American_Artist_PBuckleyMoss.pdf

 

Grading Guide

Notes:

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Scale:

 

• Excellent: No damage or issues barely perceptible from close viewing distance and bright lighting conditions
• Very Good: Issues visible from close viewing distance and normal lighting conditions
• Good: Issues visible from normal viewing distance and lighting conditions but do NOT significantly detract from the overall look of the work
• Fair: Issues that are immediately apparent from normal viewing distance and lighting conditions AND significantly detract from the overall look of the work
• Poor: Severe condition issues that require repair and some may be beyond repair

 

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