Ruth Goldsborough Oil Painting on Canvas "Horses of Canyon DeChelley"

Item Details

Provenance
Property from an American Midwestern Museum

An oil painting on canvas titled Horses of Canyon DeChelley by listed artist Ruth Goldsborough (American; 1918-2013), created in 1981. The work depicts a herd of wild horses situated in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, located in northeastern Arizona. The piece is signed and dated in paint to the lower right corner. There is a metal plate engraved with the artist’s name and title to the lower center of the frame. The painting in presented without glass, beneath a brown faux suede liner, housed in a wood frame with a gilt finish.

Art educator and painter Ruth Goldsborough began her formal art training under the tutelage of painter, print maker, and educator George Jo Mess (American, 1898-1962) at Indiana University. She also studied at the John Heron School of Art. After her husband’s death in 1975 the artist traveled throughout Arizona painting scenes of the American West. Her work can be viewed in private collections and institutions including the Cherokee Museum in Oklahoma. At the time of her death, an Education Fund for the Hendersonville Art League was created in her honor.

Condition

- minor wear and scratches to frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image measures 35.5" W x 23.5" H.

Item #

17DCC191-041