Birds and Sea
1955
Artist, American, 1885 - 1965
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of the Avery Family, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
image: 24.6 x 61 cm (9 11/16 x 24 in.)
sheet: 31.4 x 69.7 cm (12 3/8 x 27 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.233.81
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lunn 1973, no. 60, i/iii
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Copyright
© 1997 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1992
Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 84.
1994
Milton Avery: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 55.
1995
Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, 1995, no. 55.
1996
Milton Avery: Works on Paper, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, 1996, no. 55.
Milton Avery: Works on Paper, Allentown Art Museum, 1996, no. 55.
Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, 1996. no. 55.
Bibliography
1973
Lunn, Harry H., Jr. Milton Avery: Prints 1933-1955. Washington, D.C.: Graphics International Ltd., 1973, no. 60, i/iii.
1994
Owens, Carlotta J. Milton Avery: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 55.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: 17/25; lower right in graphite: Milton Avery 1955; lower right in block: MA
Wikidata ID
Q75117432