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Property from the Estate of Philip and Lois Macht, Baltimore
Little Brown Owl
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July 17, 04:50 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the Estate of Philip and Lois Macht, Baltimore
Milton Avery
1885 - 1965
Little Brown Owl
signed Milton Avery and dated 1963 (lower right); signed Milton (upper right); signed by Milton Avery, titled, dated 1964, and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on canvasboard
12 by 8 ⅞ in.
30.5 by 22.5 cm.
Executed in 1963.
This lot is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
H.C.E. Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1965
Private Collection, Baltimore (acquired from the above in 1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Executed in 1963, Little Brown Owl retains Avery’s characteristic commitment to a representational style of painting, while still referencing his tendency towards abstraction. Often imbuing his works with his characteristic New England humor, Avery’s gentle rendering of this little brown owl is a wry example of the artist’s aptitude for capturing the personalities of his subjects.
Avery’s later works indicate a more balanced color palette and reference his increasingly calm and harmonic artistic approach. Painted in the last few years of his life, Little Brown Owl retains the qualities of Avery’s signature, simple figuration while also employing the fluid brushstrokes that dominate his landscape pieces. Evocative of the tenderness of familiar images and forms, this little owl stands as a testament to Avery’s ability to build his own world in each of his paintings.
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