Horse Pulling Logs by Maud Lewis

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CA$25,000 - CA$30,000

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CA$21,000

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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

Painted on a larger than usual 14.25" x 16.5" beaverboard.

Category

Art

Description

Canadian. Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. Late 1967. Oil on beaverboard. Horse Pulling Logs by famed Nova Scotia Folk Artist Maud Lewis. Horse Pulling Logs is a serial image. Here, Maud embellishes a chocolate brown Clydesdale or Percheron with a dazzling mane, tail and feathering of pink. On this very postcard-perfect cold winter day with an almost cloudless blue sky, Lewis boldly captures a favourite subject of logs loaded on the bobsled. The horse looks very set in its way. Did the driver stop intentionally or is the horse calling the shots? Signed lower right edge, "Maud. Lewis". Also, Maud's actual fingerprint appears on the lower edge.

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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