Lot 18
  • 18

MILTON AVERY | Deceased Bird

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • After Milton Avery
  • Deceased Bird
  • signed Milton Avery and dated 1949; also signed, dated and titled "Deceased Bird" (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvasboard 
  • 14 by 18 inches
  • (35.6 by 45.7 cm)

Provenance

Gallery Reese Palley, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Private collection, New Jersey, 1969 (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner

Condition

There is minor frame abrasion at edges and the work appears to be slightly dirty. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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