Description:
Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958)
Marblehead in Spring
Signed "Hayley Lever N.A." l.r., identified on a presentation plaque, identified, titled, and dated to 1932 on a label from Clayton-Liberatore Art Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, affixed to the frame, inscribed by a later hand with title on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (41.3 x 52.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, minor craquelure, retouch.
Estimate $7,000-9,000
Provenance: From the Clayton-Liberatire Art Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York; a private New York collection; to the current owner.
N.B. We had initially described this painting as having the stretcher replaced, but the consignor reports that the stretcher is period to when the Clayton-Liberatire Art Gallery prepared unstretched canvases in their inventory for exhibition and sale c. 1950-60.
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