Lot 91: Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941) Portrait of a girl in a checked blouse

Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941)
Portrait of a girl in a checked blouse signed and dated 'Harold Harvey.22' (upper right)oil on canvas41 x 30.5cm (16 1/8 x 12in).presented in the original hand painted frame

Provenance: Lucy Wertheim Collection, London.Thence by descent.It has been suggested that the sitter in the present work may be the same unknown girl who appears in Young Girl in a Blue Blouse (1918) and The Flower Gatherers (1925).The present lot was in the collection of renowned art collector and gallery owner Lucy Wertheim. Wertheim was a patron and supporter of multiple modern British artists, notably including Christopher Wood, Henry Moore and Cedric Morris. Artists such as Walter Sickert, Alfred Wallis, Frances Hodgkins and John Melville were exhibited at her Mayfair gallery, which she opened in 1930. It would seem significant therefore, that she decided to keep the present lot in her private collection.We are grateful to Peter Risdon for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The work will appear in his online catalogue, www.haroldharvey.info.