Lot Essay
The present work likely depicts the artist's West Village apartment.
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Property from The Westervelt Company
Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Interior with Still Life
Details
Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Interior with Still Life
signed 'Milton/Avery' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1940.
Interior with Still Life
signed 'Milton/Avery' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1940.
Provenance
Gertrude Sloan, New York.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1976, lot 205, sold by the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 June 1983, lot 256.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1976, lot 205, sold by the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 June 1983, lot 256.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
H. McBride, “Hartl and Avery: Two American Artists Who Paint for Painters,” New York Sun, February 24, 1940.
Exhibited
New York, Valentine Gallery, Paintings by Two American Artists: Leon Hartl and Milton Avery, February 19-March 2, 1940.
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989-February 4, 1990.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America: The Warner Collections of Gulf States Paper Corporation, June 18-July 28, 1991.
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989-February 4, 1990.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America: The Warner Collections of Gulf States Paper Corporation, June 18-July 28, 1991.