From Peter Estey Fine Art
https://www.peteresteyfineart.com/contemporary-and-vintage-textiles-from-canada
The Other Sign
Hooked rug
2018
17.5” x 23"
$650
This
work by Laura Kenney is a reimagining of the sign Maud Lewis painted of
the visiting hours for the “Poor Farm”, or the Alms House, an
institution where people without means were sent by the authorities. The
Poor Farm was located next to her house and was where her husband
Everett Lewis worked as a night watchman. This particular sign was
lesser known as it rotted away, unlike the “Paintings for Sale” sign
that Maud Lewis is well known for.
