Oxen in Winter by Maud Lewis

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CA$25,000 - CA$30,000

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CA$20,000

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Canadiana & Folk Art Featuring the Jim Fleming, Marty Osler, Susan Murray and Laing Collections

ARTIST

Maud Lewis (1901–1970) has become one of Canada’s most renowned artists, the subject of numerous monographs, novels, plays, documentaries, and even a feature film. She was born into relative comfort and obscurity, and died in poverty, though enjoying national fame. She overcame severe physical challenges to create a unique artistic style, and sparked a boom in folk art in her home province of Nova Scotia. Though she rarely left her tiny house, her works have travelled around the world, and in the decades since her death, she has become an iconic figure, a symbol of Nova Scotia, and a beloved character in the popular imagination.

Size

Board: 12" x 14".

Category

Art

Description

Canadian. Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. Late 1967. Oil on beaverboard. Oxen in Winter by famed Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis. Oxen in Winter is a serial image that spans three decades. Maud's use of two whites (one of the whites being under the paint) helps to date this as one of her later works. Lewis enjoyed painting this pair of oxen flanked with conifers for herself and for her clients. One hardly has to glance at this image to appreciate Maud's adept anthropomorphizing of the oxen whose prominent eyelashes open directly at the viewer. Anyone that has looked into the big brown eyes of these companions of humankind can surely relate. Signed lower right edge, "Maud. Lewis".

Condition

Excellent condition.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by descendant of current owner. An audio file of an interview with the original owner and purchaser, Marylin Manzer, will be provided to the winning bidder.

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