G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), mailboxes and fence with bonus sketch attached to verso, pen and ink on paper, 1967

sight: 5.5 x 7.5 in., frame: 15.5 x 18.5 in.

Provenance: Property from a prominent South Texas estate collection; proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

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.