Milton Avery

Sunset Sea

This lot has been withdrawn

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Milton Avery

1885 - 1965

Sunset Sea

signed Milton Avery and dated 1958 (lower left); also inscribed Sunset on 'Quiet Sea'/ by/ Milton Avery/ 1958/ 48 x 72 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

48 ½ by 72 ⅛ inches

(123.2 by 183.2 cm)

Please note this lot has been withdrawn.

The artist

Milton Avery Trust

Private collection

Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2009

Robert Coates, “The Art Galleries: Milton Avery and Lee Gatch,” The New Yorker, New York February 20, 1960

Barbara Guest, “Avery and Gatch: Lonely Americans,” Art News, New York, March, 1960

Frank Getlein, “Art and Artists: Phillips Shows Avery Paintings,” Washington Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. May 23, 1965

Bonnie Lee Grad and Sally Michel Avery, Milton Avery, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1981, p. 18

Hank Burchard, “Well-Deserved Niche for Avery,” The Washington Post, January 10, 1991, illustrated

Hilton Kramer, “The Summer of ’57 with Milton Avery, Gottlieb, Rothko,” The Observer, May 13, 2002

William Agee and David Ebony, Yares Gallery, Milton Avery Early Works on Paper + Late Paintings, New York, 2018, p. 39, illustrated