Avery Sketchbook (Pemaquid Point, Maine)

1948

Milton Avery

Artist, American, 1885 - 1965

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 31 drawings in various media on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sally Michel Avery

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20 x 25.7 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.104.5.1-31

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Associated Artworks

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Figure Seated on Rocky Shore

Milton Avery

1948

Two Studies of Shorelines

Milton Avery

1948

Two Views from the Pier

Milton Avery

1948

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

artist; by descent to Sally Michel Avery, his wife, New York; gift to NGA, 2002

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Milton Avery: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995.

1995

  • Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, 1995, no. 67.

1996

  • Milton Avery: Works on Paper, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, 1996.

  • Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, 1996.

  • "Milton Avery: Works on Paper", Allentown Art Museum, 1996.

2004

  • "Discovering Milton Avery: Two Devoted Collectors, Louis Kaufman and Duncan Phillips", The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2004.

Bibliography

2004

  • Rathbone, Eliza E. Discovering Milton Avery: Two Devoted Collectors, Louis Kaufman and Duncan Phillips. Exh. cat., The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2004: 79-81.

Inscriptions

in black felt-tip pen on front cover: Milton Avery / Pemaquid Point, / Maine / 294 W 11 st / NYC / 1948

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