Girl on a High Chair

1960

Milton Avery

Painter, American, 1885 - 1965

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1885-1965]; his estate; (Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York); sold 1967 to Dr. Louis Wiener;[1] gift 16 October 1970 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] A letter dated 11 November 1970, from Grace Borgenicht Brandt to Martha Andrews of the Corcoran, provides the information about the artist's estate and the 1967 sale; in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Norton Gallery of Art, Palm Beach, 1967.

Bibliography

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 139-140, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Milton Avery 1960

Wikidata ID

Q46636863


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