Lower Manhattan

Provenance

Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York
Bernard Black Gallery, New York, New York
Joan Patterson Roberts, New Canaan, Connecticut
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, New York, April 21, 1978, lot 66.
John J. McDonough, Youngstown, Ohio, (probably) acquired from above
Christie’s, New York, New York, December 4, 1992, lot 37
Private collection, New York, acquired from above
Private collection, acquired from the above, 2022
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, April 16, 2026, lot 69

Exhibited

(Probably) Annual Exhibition (New York: New Society of Artists, 1920), organized by American Painters, Sculptors and Gravers (later New Society of Artists; subsequently American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers); Wildenstein Galleries, Anderson Galleries, Grand Central Art Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art (as Lower New York).

(Probably) Macbeth Gallery, New York, New York, Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke and Hayley Lever, April 27-May 20, 1922, n.p., no. 23 (as Lower New York).

Directions in American Painting, 1875-1925: Works from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. John J. McDonough, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, June 5, 1982-May 17, 1983.

Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, October 1991-May 1992.

Literature

Annual Exhibition (New York: New Society of Artists, 1920), exhibition catalogue, organized by American Painters, Sculptors and Gravers (later New Society of Artists; subsequently American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers); exhibitions held at Wildenstein Galleries, Anderson Galleries, Grand Central Art Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art (as Lower New York).

Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke and Hayley Lever (New York: Macbeth Gallery, 1922), exhibition catalogue, April 27–May 20, 1922. n.p., no. 23 (as Lower New York).

Related Works

Sunshine on Saint Ives, Cornwall, 1913, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, signed lower right: Hayley Lever; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Note

Originally from Australia, Hayley Lever came to America in 1911 and was soon counted among the most widely exhibited artists in New York City. Drawn to the hustle and bustle of his new surroundings, he painted views of the buildings and waterways of New York. He had a summer studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and from 1919 to 1931 taught at the Art Students League in New York City. Lever’s work is held in prestigious museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art.