Curious Cows

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SALLY MICHEL AVERY (1902-2003)
Curious Cows
signed and dated 'Sally Michel/1977' (lower right)—signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvasboard
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1977.

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection, Yucaipa, California.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.

Literature

R. Hobbs, "Sally Avery: the Other Avery," Women's Art Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall 1987-Winter 1988, p. 11, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work was painted in the hamlet of Bearsville, New York and according to Robert Hobbs, "depends as much on Gauguin's Jacob Wrestling with the Angel as it does on direct observation." ("Sally Avery: the Other Avery," Women's Art Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall 1987-Winter 1988, p. 11)

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