High Bridge

Provenance

Sotheby’s, New York, New York, May 25, 1988, lot

Sale, Alderfer Auction, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, March 13, 2025, lot 3325

Private collection, New York, acquired from above

Related Works

Winter, St. Ives, oil on canvas, 40 1/16 x 50 inches, signed lower left: Haley Lever; Brooklyn Museum, New York

Sunshine on Saint Ives, Cornwall, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, signed lower right: Haley Lever; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Note

Hayley Lever was an Australian American Impressionist known for his vivid urban and maritime scenes. After training in London and working in Cornwall, he moved to New York City in 1911, where he captured the city’s rivers, bridges and harbors with energetic brushwork and luminous color. High Bridge reflects Lever’s sensitivity to atmosphere and structure, portraying a historic New York crossing in a moment of winter stillness.