Japanese School Early to Mid 20th Century framed pigment on linen

Description

Listed is a Japanese pigment on linen framed art picturing a Landscape with Home on a River. It measures 16 1/2"W x 11 1/2"H x 1/4"D and weighs 2 pounds. The linen itself measures 10 1/4" x 6 1/4" by sight. It has not been examined out of the frame. The framed piece shows a sticker on the back for Haley and Steele Art Dealers, St. James St. Boston MA., where the company was located in 1907. The company has a long and storied history in the art world.
A LITTLE HISTORY OF HALEY & STEELE
The Company started in 1899 when Mr. Haley and Mr. Steele started selling engravings from a cart on the corner of Arlington and Newbury Streets in Boston. Within a few years, they had developed a bustling trade, and in 1907, the partners incorporated and opened a shop on St. James Street in Boston. Tragically, Mr. Steele died shortly after, but the Haley family, as a mark of respect, kept his name in the company title. It was in the shop on St. James Street that Haley & Steele added a full-service framing and gilding operation, which soon became the first choice for the residents of Beacon Hill and Back Bay.  After the war, the shop moved to Newbury Street, where it became a fixture for proper Bostonians for decades.  Since then, the ownership has passed from the Haley family, through numerous proud owners who’ve continued and added to the legacy and history of the firm.
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In 2006, our history suffered a blemish when the owner at that time, Julian Tavener, who had owned the company for a period of time, fled the country to England in the darkness of night, after having used funds from consignment sales to pay expenses for the company, which unbeknown to everyone at the time, was losing money, under his stewardship . A criminal investigation ensued, which found that Mr. Tavener had acted in bad faith and had kept his actions a secret from his employees and customers. He is no longer able to enter the US.
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Shortly after the closure of the company, one of the long-term customers of Haley & Steele, purchased the name from the liquidator of the business. To start the rebirth, the new owner also purchased Guido Frames, which is considered the finest frame gilding shop in the Northeast, serving collectors, artists and museums, and combined it with H&S, and reopened at 118 Newbury Street, the old home of Guido Frame Studio. In 2012, the combined company was moved to a newly renovated second floor showroom at 162 Newbury Street above The Guild of Boston. Currently, Haley and Steele along with Guido Frames live in Dedham, MA., which houses both a showroom and the factory for all national frame sales and gilding operations.
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