Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941) Iris pickers (in a hand painted frame) image 1

Lot 92

Harold Harvey
(British, 1874-1941)
Iris pickers

19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art

2 March 2016, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £80,500 inc. premium

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Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941)

Iris pickers
signed and dated 'Harold Harvey 26' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 45.5cm (20 1/16 x 17 15/16in).
in a hand painted frame

Footnotes

The present lot is an exciting addition to a series of works themed around agricultural workers, gatherers and pickers which Harvey produced in the 1920s, such as The Donkey Meadow (1924), The Flower Gatherers (1925), Iris Gatherers (1925), Tulip Pickers (1926) and The Bracken Carriers (1927).

The force of the present work derives from its close-up vision, without a horizon or anything to distract from the field of flowers; the slightly simplified figures indicate human labour but keep the figures as decorative features rather than individual people.

We are grateful to Peter Risdon for confirming the attribution to Harold Harvey on the basis of photographs. The work will appear in his online catalogue of Harold Harvey's work, www.haroldharvey.info.

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