Two Centuries: American Art
Two Centuries: American Art
Milton Avery
Houses by the Sea (The Rooftops)
Lot Closed
October 6, 07:17 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Milton Avery
1885 - 1965
Houses by the Sea (The Rooftops)
signed Milton Avery (lower left)
gouache on paper
sheet: 13 by 20 inches (33 by 50.8 cm)
framed: 22 by 28 ½ inches (55.9 by 72.4 cm)
This lot is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York.
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas
Private collection, Texas
Private collection, Texas (acquired from the above)
DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2006
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Private collection, Texas
Private collection, Texas (acquired from the above)
DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2006
Acquired by the present owner from the above
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Milton Avery: Paintings and Works on Paper, February-March 2006
The present work likely depicts a scene in the surrounding location of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where the artist spent many summers beginning in 1920.