Lot 20
  • 20

Milton Avery 1885 - 1965

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Milton Avery
  • Tender Still Life (Bowl with Orchids)
  • signed Milton Avery and dated 1956 (lower left); also inscribed TENDER STILLIFE [sic] / by / Milton Avery / 1956 on the reverse
  • oil on canvasboard
  • 16 by 12 inches
  • (40.6 by 30.5 cm)

Provenance

The Christine and R. Barclay Scull Collection
By descent to the present owner, 1979

Exhibited

Amherst, Massachusetts, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, March 1993-August 1999 (on temporary loan)

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are a few scattered pindot size accretions on the surface. Under UV: There is no apparent inpainting.
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