Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Late Harvest
Media colour silkscreen on paper board
Dated 1947 -53
Size 19 x 26 in. / 48.3 x 66 cm.

Notes
signed in print lower right; signed 'Supervised by A.J. Casson' lower right; minor handling marks noted

Reference
printed by Sampson-Matthews Limited; illustrated on page 124 in Art for War and Peace: How a Great Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself by Ian Sigvaldason and Scott Stedman, published by Read Leaf, 2015

Provenance
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, label verso; private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Norway House
Media oil on paper board
Dated 1946
Size 11.5 x 16.5 in. / 29.2 x 41.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title, date and estate #54 on labels verso; framed; some discolouring on frame noted

Provenance
Assiniboine Gallery, Regina, label verso; private collection, Nova Scotia
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Untitled - Banff
Media oil on paper board
Dated 1940
Size 12.75 x 15.75 in. / 32.4 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; artist's estate stamp #114 verso; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Nova Scotia
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Untitled - Forest Floor
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1946
Size 10.5 x 12.5 in. / 26.7 x 31.8 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; dated and artist's estate stamp #148 verso; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Nova Scotia
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Untitled - Hay Stooks
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 19.25 x 26.5 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in screen lower left; framed

Provenance
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Late Harvest
Media colour silkscreen on board
Size 19.25 x 26.25 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 66.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in print lower right; signed 'Supervised by A.J. Casson' lower right; title printed along bottom; minor handling marks noted

Provenance
Proceeds to the Canadian Downs Syndrome Society
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Bountiful Harvest - Near Grand Coulee
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1980
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated verso

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist; private collection, Denver
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title October Gold
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1959
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated on exhibition label verso

Reference
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Annual Exhibition, 1959, label verso; another example illustrated in Land of Earth and Sky, by R.Rees, pg.125 in the collection of the Saskatchewan Arts Board

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Ruth May Pawson
Title Untitled - Country Road
Media oil on canvas laid down on board
Dated ca.  1945
Size 10 x 12 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; laid down on paper board with military poster backing

Reference
see Land of Earth and Sky, by R.Rees, pg.125 for another example of the artist's work

Estimate CAD$250-$300