Lot Essay
The present work likely depicts the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, where Avery traveled in the summer of 1938.
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Girl with Fish
Details
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Girl with Fish
signed 'Milton Avery' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Girl with Fish
signed 'Milton Avery' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Private collection, New York.
Knoedler & Company, New York.
Private collection, New York, 2003.
Christie's, New York, 22 May 2014, lot 162, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
Private collection, New York.
Knoedler & Company, New York.
Private collection, New York, 2003.
Christie's, New York, 22 May 2014, lot 162, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Exhibition
Montreal, Canada, Theo Waddington, Inc., The Gaspé by Milton Avery, March 4-27, 1982, illustrated.
Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, Three American Artists in Quebec—Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Milton Avery, October 18-December 2, 1984, no. 14 (as Girl with the Fish).
Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, Milton Avery: Paintings of Canada, February 7-April 13, 1986, pp. 34, 40 no. 20, illustrated.
Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, Three American Artists in Quebec—Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Milton Avery, October 18-December 2, 1984, no. 14 (as Girl with the Fish).
Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, Milton Avery: Paintings of Canada, February 7-April 13, 1986, pp. 34, 40 no. 20, illustrated.
Further details
The present work is accompanied by a letter of agreement from The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
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