Milton Avery

1961

Sally Michel

Associated Names
Sally Michel

Artist, American, 1902 - 2003

The image displays a portrait of a person from the chest upward. The person has simplified facial features, including a large forehead, narrow eyes, small mustache, and thin lips. The hair is dark, with more prominence on the sides, implying balding on top. They are wearing a light green jacket over a blue and green checkered shirt. The background is textured blue.
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Artwork overview

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

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