Car Ride through Town

mixed media on board

signed lower right

12.25 × 13.75 in (31.1 × 34.9 cm)

Auction Estimate:$18,000 - $22,000

Sale date:June 15, 2022

Price Realized

$90,000

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist Private Collection, Nova Scotia

Literature

Ray Cronin, “Maud Lewis: Life & Work” [online publication], Art Canada Institute, Toronto, 2021

Likely based on memories from her first year of marriage, Maud Lewis created this cheerful scene of a couple out for a pleasant drive in their antique car. When Maud met Everett Lewis in 1938, he owned an old Ford Model T. The two would venture out in the Model T to sell fish around Digby County. Lewis painted many variations of this motif. Her signature cheerful tulips crowd the foreground, and the colourful Nova Scotian buildings in the background add to the lively charm.