SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889-1977)
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889-1977)

Canyon Walls

Details
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889-1977)
Canyon Walls
signed 'Sam Hyde Harris' (lower left)--inscribed with title and numbered '214' (on the reverse)
oil on board laid down on board
16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Provenance
Virginia Blackford, acquired directly from the artist and his wife, Mrs. Marion Harris, March 1977.
Trotter Galleries, Pacific Grove, California.

Lot Essay

The present work reveals Sam Hyde Harris' ability to represent his subject with accuracy while working in the plein air tradition. Canyon Walls has a wonderful sense of monumentality and dynamicism that is evident in the artist's use of organic brushwork and bold color.