G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), "Proud and Protective", artist-cast bronze sculpture on rotating wooden base, incised signature, edition number 17/40, and date, 1982

height 15 in. x width 14.5 in. x depth 9.5 in. (including base)

Provenance: Property from a Fredericksburg, Texas collection

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.