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Arthur Hacker
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Arthur Hacker
- Vale (Farewell)
- signed Arthur Hacker and dated 1913 (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 60 1/4 by 48 1/8 in.
- 153 by 122.2 cm
Provenance
The artist's estate (and sold, Christie's, London, June 27, 1927, lot 3)
Mr. Fehrman, Virginia (acquired at the above)
Private Collection, Virginia (by descent from the above, until 2000)
Peter Nahum, London
Mr. Fehrman, Virginia (acquired at the above)
Private Collection, Virginia (by descent from the above, until 2000)
Peter Nahum, London
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibiton, 1913, no. 233
Liverpool, Liverpool Academy, 1913
Liverpool, Liverpool Academy, 1913
Literature
The Studio Magazine, 1913, vol. 59, p. 22
Catalogue Note
In this ethereal composition, Vale (Farewell), two women silently part in a dense, atmospheric forest. The passion flower, enigmatically fallen to the ground, and the evocative title are poignant. This work was painted toward the end of Arthur Hacker’s long and successful career and would seem to be almost in anticipation of the First World War, with the irrevocable changes that it caused.