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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 18, 2025 | Swann Auctions | New York | 19th & 20th Century Art | 153 | $****** - ****** | In the Studio. |
paintings
82.5 x 67.6 cm (32.5 x 26.63 in)
Oil on canvas board
Signed and dated lower left. Signed, titled and dated in ink, verso
Collection of Dr. John Henry Berne.
E. V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York.
Purchased from the above by current owner, New York, June 1979.
Milton Avery"s 1949 oil painting
In the Studio , is an intimate glimpse into the artist"s world. Paintings from this year are very rare, as Avery"s output was limited by his poor health. In January 1949, Avery suffered a major heart attack which left him in the hospital for weeks. During that summer, still frail, Avery spent most of his time at a friend"s house in Milbrook, New York, recuperating and painting still lifes. At the urging of a physician, Avery and his wife Sally traveled south for the winter to avoid the harsh cold. Sally arranged for Avery to take up a residency at the Research Art Colony, a studio-housing complex in Maitland, Florida. He began to focus on monotypes, and his imagery became more universal and took on muted tones. Avery was becoming more modern, he was no longer concerned with specific times, places, and people, but with the symbolism for generic experiences.
In the Studio is more subdued than earlier paintings, and contains the seeds of the idea of universalism, with abstracted subjects looking out on a radiant pink field. This painting has remained in the same collection for more than 40 years and has never been to auction.
Milton Clark Avery
(1885-1965)
In the Studio.
Oil on canvas board, 1949.
Signed and dated lower left. Signed, titled and dated in ink, verso.
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Frame: 32 1/2 x 26 5/8 in. (82.6 x 67.6 cm.)
