Merchant from Boquillas

Details

G. Harvey (1933-2017)
Merchant from Boquillas
signed and dated 'G Harvey-/1975 ©' (lower left)—inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1975.

Provenance

Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 5 November 2005, lot 256.
Altermann Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2005.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The present work will be included in the forthcoming Complete Catalogue Raisonné of G. Harvey's Works.

Boquillas del Carmen, known simply as Boquillas, is a village in Northern Mexico situated along the Rio Grande river. The nearby Sierra del Carmen mountain range can be seen in the background of the present example.

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