Harry Bush (1883-1957)

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Harry Bush (1883-1957)

The Builders

signed lower left Harry Bush, signed again and inscribed twice on two labels on the reverse Harry Bush ROI 19 Queensland Avenue Wimbledon SW19 The Builders, with studio stamp on the canvas overlap,oil on canvas
40 x 50in. (101 x 128cm.)

Painted circa 1933
Provenance
Christie's, Artist's Studio Sale, 28 Sept. 1984, lot 57, where sold to aid the Imperial Cancer Research Fund

Literature
Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933, p.
The Birmingham Post, The Scotsman, The Morning Post, The Observer, 29 Apr. 1933
Punch 19 May 1933
The Glasgow Herald, 1934
Pictorial Education, Jan. 1936
Russell Coates Art Gallery, Bulletin and Annual Report, XV, Jun. 1936, p.16
Art and Reason, Dec. 1946, p.6 (illustrated)

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1933, no.199
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Re-Opening Exhibition, 1933, no.371 Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1934
Southport, Atkinson Art Gallery, Harry Bush, 1935, no.11
Bournemouth, Russell Coates Art Gallery, Paintings by Prominent Living Artists, 1936, no.853
Roehampton, Garnett College, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Harry Bush and Noel L Nisbet, Mar. 1968, no.9
London, Leighton House, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Book Illustrations by Harry Bush and Noel L Nisbet, Jan. 1969, no.18

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