Lot 6
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MILTON AVERY | Sheep and Chickens in a Landscape

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Milton Avery
  • Sheep and Chickens in a Landscape
  • signed Milton/Avery and dated 1947 (lower left)
  • watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on paper
  • 22 1/2 by 31 1/4 inches
  • (57.2 by 79.4 cm)

Provenance

The artist
Estate of the above
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998

Condition

The sheet is laid down on paper and hinged to its support at the reverse top edge. There are artist's original pinholes at the corners and there is a 1/4 inch repaired tear at the extreme upper center edge. There appear to be scattered surface abrasions consistent with the artist's process.
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