Ruth Goldsborough Oil Painting on Canvas "Last One in Pays"

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas titled Last One in Pays by Ruth Goldsborough (American, 1918 – 2013), dated 1981. The work an energetic horse race on a scenic background of rolling hills. To the bottom right, the work is signed and dated. A metal plaque is attached to the frame engraved with the title and artist’s name. The painting is presented in a gold-toned wooden and gesso frame without glass.

Art educator and painter Ruth Goldsborough began her formal art training under the tutelage of painter, printmaker, 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 an American Midwestern Museum

Condition

- some wear to the edges of the frame; large chip to inside of the frame; to the verso, rips and tears to the protective paper.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; measurements of visible image 29.5" W x 23.5" H.

Item #

17DCC323-056