Lot Essay
The present work likely depicts the artist's wife Sally in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Modern Icons: Property from an Important Private Collection
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Rock Sitter
Details
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Rock Sitter
signed and dated 'Milton Avery/1945' (lower right)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
22 1⁄2 x 31 in. (57.1 x 78.7 cm.)
Executed in 1945.
Rock Sitter
signed and dated 'Milton Avery/1945' (lower right)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
22 1⁄2 x 31 in. (57.1 x 78.7 cm.)
Executed in 1945.
Provenance
(Probably) Perls Gallery, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, by 1960.
Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 117, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above, by 1960.
Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 117, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Brought to you by
Tylee Abbott
Vice President, Head of American Art