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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 26, 2014 | Christie's | New York | American Art | 17 | Estimates not disclosed | Bird By Rippled Sea | |||
Dec 3, 1997 | Sotheby's | New York | American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture | 191 | $****** - ****** | Bird by rippled sea |
Works on Paper
59.1 x 89.5 cm (23.27 x 35.24 in)
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
signed and dated 'Milton Avery 1960' (lower left)
The artist. Estate of the above. Mr. Brian Bedford, London.
Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 1972, lot 168. Mr. Harry Lunn, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Sally Avery, wife of the artist, New York. Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York.
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1997, lot 191.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
London, The Waddington Galleries, n.d. Keene, New Hampshire, Keene State College, Louis E. Thorne Memorial Art Gallery, and elsewhere, The Sea by Milton Avery, September 26-October 16, 1971, no. 23. New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Ten Americans: Masters of Watercolor, May 16-June 30, 1974, no. 15. Austin, Texas, The University of Texas Art Museum, and elsewhere, Milton Avery: Drawings and Paintings, December 5, 1976-February 6, 1977. New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, The World of Milton Avery: An American Master, September-October 1980, no. 16. New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, American Works on Paper, February-March 1982, no. 3. Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade Community College, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, The Spirit of Paper: Twentieth Century Americans, June 3-July 29, 1982, no. 2. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, and elsewhere, Milton Avery, September 15-December 5, 1982, no. 181. Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Art Gallery, and elsewhere, American Works on Paper: 100 Years of American Art History, December 1983, no. 4.
H. Geldzahler, The Sea by Milton Avery, exhibition catalogue, Keene, New Hampshire, 1971, n.p., no. 23. Arts, vol. 48, no. 9, June 1974, p. 48, illustrated. Whitney Museum of American Art, Milton Avery, exhibition checklist, New York, 1982, no. 181.
