Milton Avery
1961
Artist, American, 1902 - 2003
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with colored crayon on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 27.94 × 21.43 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2745
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, New York; The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 86-87, no. 52, repro
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 197, no. 1330.
Inscriptions
lower left in black ink: Sally Michel / 6/15/61; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SALLY MICHEL
Wikidata ID
Q64630219