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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1048

Milton Avery

Estimate: $18,000 - $22,000

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(American, 1885-1965)

Garden, 1953, "Milton Avery 1953", watercolor on mulberry paper, sight, 22-7/8 x 17-3/8 in.; stained wood frame, 31-3/4 x 26-5/8 in.

Note: This work was painted while Milton Avery was at The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was in fellowship there in 1953, 1954, and 1956.

Exhibited: Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Summer's Lease, June 13-August 31, 1972 (labels verso)

Provenance: Sally Avery; Mrs. Anthony Wilson; Kodner Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri; Dutry Fine Arts; Private Collection, New York

Condition

toning, pin holes at edges, small losses at edges, paper tape verso bottom edge, light fading; frame with abrasions

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