"Off to Pasture" by Alice Pauline Schafer, Amer., (1899-1980) Watercolor

"Off to Pasture" by Alice Pauline Schafer, Amer., (1899-1980) WatercolorGouache and Ink, ca. 1930 40, 7 13 16 x 8 1 16, signed in ink at lower left, signed & titled in ink on verso, on smooth cream wove bristol board, with a painted overmat border. A colorful and charming illustration by this respected but under known artist.

slightly toned in mat window

It is a classic example of the bilateral symmetry Martin explored in her mature prints and other media

Although the Durand signature does not read as well as Smillie's in these digital photos

2-3/8 x 3-1/16

light toning within old mat opening

She was awarded the distinction of being a Royal Designer for Industry

School of Art & Industry

the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy

A pale trace of mat line and toning witin mat opening

particularly of laborers working the land are some of the most beautiful images produced in that genre of the early 20th century in England

a vertical handling crease with a short repaired edge split to upper left margin edge

4-15/16 x 7-7/8