Artist Maud Lewis
Title Skiers
Media enamel on paper board
Size 11.25 x 15.25 in. / 28.6 x 38.7 cm.
Frame Size 17.5 x 21.5 x 0.75 in.
Sold $21,000
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on backing; framed
Reference
lot includes letter and Certificate of Authenticity from Maud Lewis expert Alan Deacon via Art Experts Canada Inc.
Provenance
from the collection of Lou MacEachern, Calgary; proceeds will be generously donated to the Estate of Lou MacEachern Fund, a permanent endowment fund at the Calgary Foundation for the benefit of Junior Achievement Southern Alberta
Biographical Information
Maud Lewis ~ [ca.1903-1970] Canadian
see From Ben Loman To The Sea, by L.Woolaver, Nimbus Publishing, 1979; Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis by L.Woolaver, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia / Nimbus Pub.1996; included in A Compendium of Canadian Folk Arts, by T.Kobayashi, pg.130, Boston Mills Press, 1985; An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art, by B.McKendry, pg.177, self published, 1999; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.3, by C.MacDonald, pg.837; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.121, Westbridge Pub., 2000; listed on www.artcyclopedia.com