- 68
Harold Harvey
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Harold Harvey
- The Watering Place
- signed l.r.: Harold Harvey
- oil on canvas
- 49.5 by 44.5cm., 19½ by 17½in.
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 22 July 1993, lot 1, where purchased by the previous owner and thence by descent
Literature
Kenneth McConkey, Peter Risdon and Pauline Sheppard, Harold Harvey - A Painter of Cornwall, 2001, p.62
Condition
STRUCTURE
This picture is unlined and in excellent original condition with no signs of craquelure. The paint surface is clean and the picture is ready to hang.
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
There are no obvious signs of retouching.
FRAME
The picture is contained in a moulded plaster frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The Watering Place relates to Harvey's large painting The Close of a Summer's Day of 1909 (offered in these rooms, 13 December 2005, lot 69). The picture takes a subject popularised by Constable in The Hay Wain, but saw the moment through modern eyes, breathing the optimism of the early twentieth century into a long established tradition of rural painting. Harvey would have known Stanhope Forbes' The Drinking Place of 1900 (Oldham Art Gallery) which depicts the same subject and was painted in the same year as The Watering Place. Harvey was probably also aware of similar pictures by another artist who lived for a time in Cornwall, Alfred Munnings, such as the watercolour Augereau and Shrimp at the Ford of 1911 (sold in these rooms 17 December 2015, lot 63).