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Covered Bridge by Maud Lewis
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Covered Bridge by Maud Lewis
Estimate:
CA$20,000 - CA$25,000
Sold
CA$22,000
Live Auction
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 1965. Oil on beaverboard. Covered Bridge by famed Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis is a serial image found only in the 1960s. What is rare about this image is Maud's use of pink (and just the right shade of pink) rather than blue for shadowing. Little else needs to be said for this favourite season that Lewis always captured so well. This composition features three sleighs; two of which are in her favoured colour of red. The prominent snow-laden evergreen trees and the novel covered bridge add strong and interesting focal points in the foreground. Signed lower right, "Maud Lewis". Marked on reverse, "Helen Perry, Stayner 1966". Offered subject to reserve.
Condition
Excellent condition.
Provenance
Helen Perry, the Great Aunt of the seller, purchased this work in Stayner, Ontario in 1966.
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