Artist Maud Lewis
Title Untitled - Sleigh Ride
Media enamel on paper board
Dated
ca. 1962
Size 11.75 x 13.75 in. / 29.8 x 34.9 cm.
Frame Size 16.25 x 18.25 x 1 in.
Estimate $20,000 - $25,000
Notes
signed lower right; bears inscription 'bought from Mrs. Lewis at her home August 1962' verso; framed
Reference
according to Alan Deacon 'I am confident the Winter Sleigh Ride painting by Maud Lewis is authentic. The work is a serial image. In other words there are similar paintings but no two paintings are alike. I believe I'm looking at a paper backing. The painting has been done on beaverboard or Masonite.The work looks to be in excellent condition.'
Provenance
purchased directly from the artist and by descent to a private collection, Calgary
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