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Milton Avery

Nude with Long Torso (Reclining Nude), 1948

Not on View

Medium

drypoint in brown on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.1 x 37.8 cm (5 15/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

sheet: 33.3 x 50.7 cm (13 1/8 x 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Avery Family, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Lunn 1973, no. 29

Accession Number

1991.233.26

Artists / Makers

Milton Avery (artist) American, 1885 - 1965

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Inscription

upper left in plate: Milton / 1948 Avery; lower left in graphite: artists proof; lower right in graphite: Milton Avery 1948

Provenance

The artist; by descent to Mrs. Sally Avery, his wife, New York; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Avery, Sally, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1994: Milton Avery: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 26, as Reclining Nude.

1995: Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, 1995, no. 26, as Reclining Nude.

1996: Milton Avery: Works on Paper, Allentown Art Museum, 1996, no. 26, as Reclining Nude.

1996: Milton Avery: Works on Paper, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, 1996, no. 26, as Reclining Nude.

1996: Milton Avery: Works on Paper, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, 1996. no. 26, as Reclining Nude.

Bibliography

1973: Lunn, Harry H., Jr. Milton Avery: Prints 1933-1955. Washington, D.C.: Graphics International Ltd., 1973, no. 29.

1994: Owens, Carlotta J. Milton Avery: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 26.

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