Gray Sea

1963

Milton Avery

Associated Names
Milton Avery

Artist, American, 1885 - 1965

The image shows an abstract landscape viewed from above. There are swirling cloud-like forms at the top contrasting with textured areas below. Dark, bold, and sweeping brushstrokes dominate the foreground, suggesting geological features. The technique includes loose and expressive strokes with a combination of smudged and defined lines, giving a sketch-like quality. The color palette is muted, mainly greys with subtle pink and green hues. The combination of colors and abstract forms leaves much to interpretation without clear real-world references.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 58.4 x 72 cm (23 x 28 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lunn 1973, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 5, 1974; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1973

  • Lunn, Harry H., Jr. Milton Avery: Prints 1933-1955. Washington, D.C.: Graphics International Ltd., 1973, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: 1963 / Milton Avery; lower left in graphite: Milton Avery 1963 35/118

Watermarks

Arches

Wikidata ID

Q76348992

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