Early Morning Fishermen Going Out, Saint Ives, Cornwall, England

Provenance

The artist

Estate of above

Clayton-Liberatore Art Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

Private collection, New York

Private collection, New York, by descent from above

Sale, Swann Auction Galleries, New York, New York, September 17, 2020, lot 29, from above

Note

Lever first visited St. Ives, a fishing port and artist’s colony on the coast of England, in 1900, and established a studio there. He would continue to paint St. Ives and the surrounding area until 1914._[1]

_[1] Carol Lowrey, Hayley Lever and the Modern Spirit (New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2010), 40.