Tirca

1961

Milton Avery

Painter, American, 1885 - 1965

Milton Avery

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas board

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of John Henry Berne)

  • Dimensions

    overall: 55.88 × 71.12 cm (22 × 28 in.)
    framed: 66.04 × 81.6 × 3.49 cm (26 × 32 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.103

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Henry Berne, Warrenton, Virginia; gift 23 December 1965 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1975

  • 15 American Artists from the Corcoran: an Exhibition of American 20th C. Works from the Permanent Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, London Art Gallery, Ontario, 4 April - 6 May 1975, no. 10, repro.

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: 140.

Inscriptions

lower left: Milton Avery 1961; center reverse: "Tirza" [sic] / by / Milton Avery / 22 x 28 / 1961

Wikidata ID

Q46637071

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