Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941)


Gertrude Harvey with parrot in the artist's home signed and dated 'Harold.Harvey.16' (lower left)oil on canvas46 x 46cm (18 1/8 x 18 1/8in).
|ProvenanceAnon. sale, David Lay, Penzance, 5 October 1989, lot 229, as Woman with Parrot in Interior.Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 21 March 1996, lot 34.Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 March 1997, lot 168.Portscatho Gallery.Private collection, UK.ExhibitedBristol, West of England Academy, Artists from Cornwall, 1992, no. 88 (illustrated).Plymouth, White Lane Gallery, Artists of Newlyn (1880-1930), 1993, no. 27 (illustrated). LiteratureTom Cross, The Shining Sands, Artists in Newlyn and St. Ives, Tiverton, 1994 (illustrated p. 190).B. Simpson, Art and Antiques, 16 October 1993, p. 13.McConkey, Risdon et al, Harold Harvey, Painter of Cornwall, Clifton, 2001, no. 207, p. 145.The present lot makes an interesting comparison to a later work, Girl with a Parrot, by Harvey's great friend Dod Procter (circa 1925, sold Christie's, South Kensington, 26 June 2015, lot 140); both subjects stand face on to the viewer, cautiously engaging with a caged bird in the upper left of the composition.We are grateful to Peter Risdon for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.