WATERCOLORS-

Hyde Park, London, England - - 1900, Watercolor.

Signed HL in pencil, lower right. Signed, dated and titled in pencil, in the bottom left margin.

Image size 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (241 x 340 mm); sheet size 10 x 14 1/4 inches (254 x 362 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on buff wove drawing paper, with margins (1/4 to 1/2 inch). A professionally repaired tear (not visible recto) in the lower left sheet edge, extending 1/2 inch into the image, otherwise in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$2600.

After the Storm, Brittany also Sunny Afternoon - - 1903, Watercolor.

Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Titled 'Sunny Afternoon' and dated 1903 in pencil, in the artist’s hand, verso. With the Clayton-Liberatore Gallery ink stamp, lower left sheet corner, verso.

Image size 10 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches (276 x 371 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges; the artist's tack holes in the top left and right sheet corners, otherwise in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$3200.

The Cockle Gatherers, Exmouth, England - - 1904, Watercolor.

Signed and titled in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil Cockle Gathers, Exmouth, Devon, Eng., verso.

Image size 9 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches (238 x 340 mm); sheet size 10 x 14 inches (254 x 356 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream watercolor paper; with 1/4 inch margins, in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

St. Ives, Cornwall, England - - 1904, Watercolor.

Signed and titled St. Ives, lower right.

Image size 10 x 14 inches (254 x 356 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges, in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

St. Ives Harbor, Cornwall, England - - 1905, Watercolor.

Signed and titled in ink, lower right.

Image size 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (260 x 362 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, the image extending to the sheet edges; in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$3200.

St. Austrell, Cornwall, England - - 1906, Watercolor.

Signed HL in pencil, lower right. Titled and dated in pencil, verso.

Image size 9 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches (238 x 340 mm).

A fine spontaneous work, with fresh colors, the image extending to the sheet edges; in excellent condition.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$2800.

St. Astruell, England - - 1910, Watercolor.

Signed in pencil, lower right.

Image size 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (241 x 343 mm); sheet size 10 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches (257 x 362 mm).

A fine, spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; with margins (1/4 to 3/8 inch), in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$2800.

English Farmhouse - - 1910, Watercolor and Conté crayon.

Signed HL in pencil, lower right.

Image size 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (241 x 343 mm); sheet size 10 x 14 5/16 inches (254 x 364 mm).

A fine, spontaneous rendering in watercolor and conté crayon, on watercolor paper; with margins (1/4 to 3/8 inch). Hinge remains on the top sheet edge, well away from the image; otherwise in good condition. In the original gallery mat with the original gallery label attached, verso.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

River Exe, Exmouth, England- - 1913, Watercolor.

Signed, dated and titled in ink, lower left.

Image size 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (241 x 343 mm); sheet size 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (273 x 378 mm).

A fine, spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1/4 to 3/4 inch); rippling along the bottom sheet edge, not affecting image; otherwise in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

Fenway Park, Boston- - c. 1920, Watercolor.

Signed and titled in pencil, lower left.

Image size 14 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (362 x 514 mm).

A fine, spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, the image extending to the sheet edges with the artist's original tack holes in the sheet edges and corners (not visible within the mat opening). Rippling along the left and right sheet edges, not affecting the image; otherwise in excellent condition.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

Woodstock, New York - - 1922, Watercolor and Pencil.

Signed HL and dated in pencil, lower right. Titled and dated in pencil, verso.

Image size 11 x 15 inches (279 x 381 mm).

A fine, spontaneous work, with fresh colors, on cream wove drawing paper, the image extending to the sheet edges. Minor creasing at the sheet edges, a 1/4 inch repaired tear in the bottom left sheet edge, otherwise in excellent condition.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

SOLD

Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass. - - c. 1925, Watercolor.

Signed in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil, verso.

Image size 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (387 x 540 mm).

A fine, spontaneous watercolor, with fresh, undiminished colors, on off-white watercolor paper, with the artist's original tack holes in the sheet edges and corners (not visible within the mat opening), in very good condition.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$2600.

East Gloucester, Massachusetts - - c. 1930, Watercolor.

Signed HL in pencil, lower left.

Image size 10 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (387 x 540 mm).

A fine, spontaneous watercolor, with fresh, undiminished colors, on cream watercolor paper, with the artist's original tack holes in the sheet edges and corners (not visible within the mat opening), in excellent condition. In the original gallery mat.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$2800.

INK & GRAPHITE

Gloucester, Mass. - - 1914, Pencil and Ink.

Signed HL in pencil, lower right.

Image size 6 x 10 7/8 inches (152 x 276 mm).

A fine, spontaneous drawing, on tan wove paper, the image extending to the sheet edges, in excellent condition.

Provenance: Estate of Leonard Clayton, gallery owner representing Lever and supporter of the artist in his later years.

$550.

ETCHINGS-

Flying Sails - - c.1908, Etching.

Edition 25. Signed in pencil.

Image size 4 7/16 x 6 inches (113 x 152 mm); sheet size 5 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (132 x 175 mm).

A fine impression, on buff wove paper, with margins (3/16 to 1/2 inch), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Clayton-Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York.

$450.

Mevigassey, Cornwall, England- - c.1908, Etching.

Edition 25. Signed in pencil; titled, verso. Signed in the plate, lower left.

Image size 10 x 11 7/8 inches (254 x 302 mm); sheet size 11 1/4 x 15 inches (286 x 381 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 5/8 inch), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$450.

The Race - - c.1908, Etching.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil. Initialed in the plate, lower left.

Image size 7 15/16 x 9 7/8 inches (202 x 251 mm); sheet size 8 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (227 x 270 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (3/8 to 5/8 inch), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$350.

Concarneau- - 1926, Drypoint.

Edition 5. Signed and dated in pencil. Titled and annotated Edition 5 and Plate #44 in pencil, verso.

Image size 7 x 9 3/4 inches (178 x 248 mm); sheet size 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (197 x 267 mm).

A fine impression, on buff/grey wove paper, with margins (1/4 to 1/2 inch), in excellent condition.

Provenance: Clayton-Liberatore Art Gallery, with the gallery collection stamp verso.

$450.

Gloucester, Mass.- - c.1926, Etching and Sepia Ink.

Edition artist's proof. Signed and annotated Sketch for altering plate in pencil.

Image size 4 7/16 x 5 15/16 inches (113 x 150 mm); sheet size 5 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (143 x 187 mm).

A fine impression, with extensive additions in sepia ink by the artist, on buff wove paper, with margins (5/8 to 3/4 inch), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Clayton-Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York.

$550.

Gloucester from East Gloucester- - c.1926, Etching.

Edition 10. Signed and titled in pencil. Initialed in the plate, lower right.

Image size 7 x 9 3/4 inches (178 x 248 mm); sheet size 8 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (219 x 298 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (5/8 to 1 inch), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Clayton-Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York.

SOLD