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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 18, 2016 | Bonhams | New York | American Art | 13 | $****** - ****** | Pale trees – dark pool |
paintings
61 x 91.4 cm (24 x 36 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Milton Avery / 1950' (lower left) and signed and dated again and inscribed with title and dimensions (on the reverse)
The artist.,Mrs. Ruth Broder, New York, possibly acquired from the above, circa 1965.,Mr. Alan J. Broder, by descent.,Estate of the above
The 1920s saw Avery's work greatly influenced by American Impressionism with his use of color and subject matter. Yet only when he dove into the realm of abstraction, taking a cue from the Fauvist movement in Europe, did Avery start to achieve a unique look and feel to his pictures that would resonate for decades. Eliminating fussier details and representing his figures, interiors, landscapes and seascapes with strokes of flat yet distinct color, Avery became one of the first American artists to successfully mimic the emotion of his Continental counterparts and their symphonic compositions. In 1928, Avery alongside Mark Rothko in a group show at The Opportunity Gallery, which inspired a long and admirable friendship between the two artists who sought to change the field of modern art in America with their interpretations of color and abstraction. Rothko would become a champion of Avery's work, praising his every day sources of inspiration, while Avery solidified his influence over this new generation of painters
