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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 3, 2020 | Brunk Auctions | Asheville | Premier Auctions | Session II | 555 | $****** - ****** | Birds Over Sea |
paintings
149.9 x 113.7 cm (59 x 44.75 in)
oil on canvas
signed lower left "Milton Avery 57" and titled, dated and signed verso
Collection of the Artist
Milton Avery Trust
with Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York, circa 1980"s
with Riva Yares Gallery, New York, New Mexico, Arizona, purchased 2003-2006 (accompanied by the final statement from the gallery)
Estate of Luther W. Brady, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sold to benefit the Luther W. Brady Foundation
Milton Avery: Paintings and Drawings 1930-1963, Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (1980). #6, illustrated
Milton Avery: Recent Paintings, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY (1957). #9
ÿPaintings by Milton Avery, Park Gallery, Detroit, MI (1962), #5
Milton Avery, The Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, IN (1962). #15
Agee, William C., David Ebony, et al. Milton Avery: Early Works on Paper and Late Paintings, Yares Art, New York, NY (2018). Listed p. 98
illustrated p. 23
mentioned in the text pp. 8, 33
Avery, Sally M. Milton Avery: Major Paintings, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York (1984). illustrated, n.p.
Avery, Milton. Milton Avery: Animals, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York (1993)
Blanch, Arnold. Milton Avery Memorial Exhibition, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY (1965). #1
Chernow, Burt and Sally Michel Avery. Milton Avery: A Singular Vision, ed. Brenda Williamson. Center for the Fine Arts Association, Miami, FL (1987). Cat. no. 25
illus p. 40
announcement image
Hobbs, Robert. Milton Avery, Hudson Hills Press, New York (1990). p. 89
Kramer, Hilton. Milton Avery: Paintings 1930-1960, Thomas Yoseloff, New York (1962). #24
Lucie-Smith, Edward and Mark Rothko. Milton Avery: The Nude and Other Subjects: A Retrospective View 1929-1963, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ and Santa Fe, NM (2001). listed p. 64
illustrated p. 49
mentioned in the text p. 5 Mellow, James R., Mark Rothko, et al.
Milton Avery, Gallery Reese Palley, San Francisco, CA (1968). p. 10
Miller, Harvey S. Shipley and Earl A. Powell, III. Milton Avery, Drawings & Paintings, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (1976). Listed p. 54
illustrated p. 30
Oellet, Raymond. Milton Avery, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (1978). illustrated Price, Marla, Sandy Harthorn, et al. Milton Avery: Progressive Images, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (1988). Cat. #33, illustrated, mentioned in the text
Rathbone, Eliza E. and Jay Gates. Discovering Milton Avery: Two Devoted Collectors: Louis Kaufman and Duncan Phillips, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (2004). #35, checklist p. 105
illus. p. 30, cover
mentioned p. 35
Rothko, Mark. Milton Avery: All Creatures Great and Small, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM & Scottsdale, AZ (2003). Listed p. 48
illustrated p. 35References:Haskell, Barbara, and Milton Avery. Milton Avery. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Harper & Row, 1982
Avery, Milton, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, and E. A. Carmean. Coming to Light - Avery, Gottlieb, Rothko Provincetown Summers 1957-1961: May 2 - August 15, 2002, Knoedler & Company, New York. New York, NY: Knoedler & Company, 2002.https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sally-michel-avery-11687#transcripthttps://brooklynrail.org/2018/04/artseen/MILTON-AVERY-Early-Works-on-Paper-Late-Paintinghttps://www.nxtbook.com/hoffmann/PCMS_Philadelphia_Medicine/PhiladelphiaMedicine_Fall2017/index.php -
Milton Avery
(American, 1885-1965) Birds Over Sea, 1957, signed lower left "Milton Avery 57" and titled, dated and signed verso canvas, oil on canvas, 56 x 42 in.; parcel white gold leaf frame, 59 x 44 3/4 in.
