Lot Essay
The present work likely depicts a scene in Gloucester Harbor.
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Artist at Work
Details
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Artist at Work
signed and dated 'Milton Avery/1945' (lower left)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
22 5⁄8 x 31 in. (56.2 x 78.7 cm.)
Executed in 1945.
Artist at Work
signed and dated 'Milton Avery/1945' (lower left)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
22 5⁄8 x 31 in. (56.2 x 78.7 cm.)
Executed in 1945.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Mimi and Bernard West, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above, 1986.
By descent to the present owner.
Estate of the above.
Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Mimi and Bernard West, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above, 1986.
By descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Fresno, California, Fresno Art Museum, Milton Avery: An American Master, November 24, 1989-April 8, 1990.
Brought to you by
Tylee Abbott
Vice President, Head of American Art