Lot 22
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MILTON AVERY | Fishing Harbor

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Milton Avery
  • Fishing Harbor
  • signed Milton Avery and dated 1944 (lower right); also inscribed in another hand "Fishing Harbor"/by/Milton Avery/1944 (on the reverse)
  • gouache and watercolor on paper
  • 22 1/2 by 31 inches
  • (57.2 by 78.7 cm)

Provenance

The artist
Estate of the above
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Peter Gilbert, New York
Estate of the above (sold: Christie's, New York, December 1, 1989, lot 209)
Private collection
Margaret Enoch, New York
Estate of the above (sold: Christie's, New York, November 29, 2007, lot 41)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, The Gloucester Years, February-March 1982

Condition

The sheet is hinged to its support at the reverse top edge. There appears to be minor toning at the extreme lower right corner and original artist's tape present at the extreme edges.
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