Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1958 at lower right, framed.

Stretcher size 20 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.

From the Collection of the late Florence Weil, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Dubbed "The Grandma Moses of New Hope," Jean Halter was a self-taught primitive artist. She was born in Pittsburgh and raised in South Carolina. In 1951 she and her husband moved to the New Hope area and opened a restaurant. She used her paintings to decorate the dining room and developed a devoted base of collectors for her charming folk art scenes.

A small area of paint loss to one tree branch near top center; light scratch extending from top edge of canvas to roofline of center building with blue trim; small paint flake and some minor drying crackle to tree trunk and male figure at lower right corner. Minor chipping and rubbing to frame. No evidence of retouch or restoration visible under UV light.

$3,000 - 6,000