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Lot 53
  • 53

Harold Harvey

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Harold Harvey
  • feeding time
  • signed l.l.: Harold Harvey; also titled on the stretcher; Feeding Time
  • oil on canvas
  • 30.5 by 40.5cm., 12 by 16in.

Provenance

Paisnel Gallery, London, 1991;
Private collection

Exhibited

Probably Royal Academy, 1907, no.740 as Pigs

Literature

Kenneth McConkey, Peter Risdon and Pauline Sheppard, Harold Harvey - Painter of Cornwall, 2002, p.139, cat.no.94

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There are some small artist's pin holes near each corner. There is a minor area of craquelure to the boy's right sleeve, only visible upon close inspection. The work may benefit from a light clean, otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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