MILTON AVERY | MEXICAN WASHERWOMEN

Milton Avery Trust

Waddington Galleries, London, England, 1966 (acquired from the above)

Sold: Christie's, New York, November 1, 1977, lot 8

Milton Avery painted Mexican Washerwomen in 1946 shortly after returning from a three month trip to Mexico with his family. Robert Hobbs writes, "In Mexico he found the saturated local colors of folk art, flowers, native clothing, and markets completely in tune with the direction he had been taking...The works are jovial, filled with the pleasant satisfactions of folk art, an attitude that may have been encouraged by the Averys' visit to the primitive arts museum in Patzcuaro where native crafts and traditional costumes were exhibited" (Milton Avery, New York, 1990, pp. 145-46).