G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), "A Breed Apart", artist-cast bronze sculpture on wooden base, with incised signature, edition number 82/100, and date, 1981

height 11 in. x width 11.5  in. x depth 5.5 in. (including base)

Note: "A Breed Apart" was G. Harvey’s famous 1981 commission commemorating Merrill Lynch's corporate rebranding

Provenance: Acquired by the present owner from the Merrill Lynch headquarters at 225 Liberty Street (Brookfield Place) in New York City, where this piece was displayed since 1981

Gerald Harvey Jones, "G. Harvey", was a celebrated artist and lifelong Texan whose youth spent in the Texas Hill Country helped inform his nostalgic and evocative imagery of Western scenes and scenes of Americana. Harvey was a prolific artist and often compared to Impressionist masters such as Edouard Cortes. His paintings have appeared in prestigious sites, including the White House, the National Archives, the Treasury Building, and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.