Lot 18
  • 18

Milton Avery

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Milton Avery
  • Road to the Market
  • signed Milton Avery and dated 1946 (lower right); signed Milton Avery, titled "Road to the Market", and dated 1946 (verso)
  • watercolor over pencil on paper
  • 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 inches
  • (50.2 by 65.4 cm)

Provenance

Associated American Artists, New York
Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994

Exhibited

New York, Associated American Artists, Milton Avery: Works on Paper, 1930-63, 1993, no. 14, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Watercolor over pencil on paper. Work is in generally good condition aside from two pin holes at upper left and right corners, a few dots of possible foxing, faint handling creases at extreme edges, and slight planar deformation to the sheet. Work presents nicely and ready to hang.
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