Ruth Goldsborough Oil Painting on Canvas "Heading 'em Home"

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas titled Heading ’em Home by listed artist Ruth Goldsborough (American; 1918-2013), created in 1980. The work depicts multiple cowboys escorting cattle through a dirt path leading to a distant ranch situated among a mountainous territory. 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 affixed to the lower center of the frame. The painting is presented without glass, beneath a beige faux suede liner with a gilt fillet, 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.

Provenance
Property from a Midwestern Museum

Condition

- minor wear throughout the frame; minor tears to paper backing.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; sight size measures 35.25" W x 29.25" H.

Item #

17DCC323-040