Oil on board mounted to backing, 1928, signed and dated at lower right, presented in a wormwood frame.

Panel 13 1/2 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 19 5/8 x 22 in.

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

Australian-born artist Hayley Lever rendered paintings in a style highly influenced by Van Gogh. He studied in London in the 1890s and then went to Cornwall, where he painted seaside paintings at an artist's colony on the coast of St. Ives. Lever came to America in 1911 and soon became one of the most widely exhibited artists in New York; he taught at the Art Students League from 1919 to 1931 and became director of the Studio Art Club in Mount Vernon, New York. He maintained a studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and traveled internationally throughout his career.

His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; and the Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.

Some minor grime, age cracking, and abrasion at the edges, otherwise good estate condition, painting is loose in frame.