$215,000
Milton Clark Avery (American, 1885-1965) Strange Fish Signature and date incised "Milton Avery 1951" l. l., identified on labels from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, and the ACA Galleries, New York, affixed to the backing. Oil with tooling on canvas, 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch. Provenance: From the artist through to a private New England collection. N. B. Avery's artistic style developed throughout his career, beginning with a combination of Impressionism with American regionalism and folk art. Later in his career, Avery focused on uniting color, form, and space. Avery's grand late style paintings were larger in scale. In them he reduced forms to their essential characteristics, and used carefully balanced color.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-09-07
