Artist: G. Harvey; Title: Neighborhood Markets; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 24 x 20 inches; Signed: Signed lower right; Verso: Signed and titled verso; Framed/Base: 37 x 33 x 5 inches - 30 lbs.
This lot's overall appearance is Excellent. This piece was evaluated under a black light. Frame corners are not flush together.
Overall Dimensions
Height: 37.00
Width: 33.00
Depth: 5.00
Weight: 30.00
Provenance:
Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale, AZ, 2018
Private collection, Texas
Neighborhood Markets speaks to G. Harvey’s nostalgia for the America of his youth. “The great difference between all of man’s earlier history and modern conveniences was more pronounced in cities at the turn of the century than in rural settings,” writes Randy Best in The Golden Era: The American Dream — G. Harvey. “The first electric lights illuminated city streets and, for a moment in time, horseless carriages and horse-drawn transportation shared cobblestone streets. A romantic era burned for a decade or so before a great rush of technology overwhelmed it, and the world was changed forever. We are the last generation to have known men and women who, as boys and girls, chased the first automobiles around town squares and watched as the first generation of airplanes bounced out of cow pastures into a summer breeze.”