MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Viola with Pears
Details
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Viola with Pears
signed and dated 'Milton/Avery/1944' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Viola with Pears
signed and dated 'Milton/Avery/1944' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.
University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, California, 6 October 1981, lot 428, sold by the above.
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
Heather Hill Company, New York, acquired from the above, 1982.
Michael Rosenfeld Fine Arts, New Jersey.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1992.
By descent to the present owner.
University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, California, 6 October 1981, lot 428, sold by the above.
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
Heather Hill Company, New York, acquired from the above, 1982.
Michael Rosenfeld Fine Arts, New Jersey.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1992.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
B. Wolf, "Varies Still Life in Modern Idiom," Arts Digest, October 1, 1945, p. 17.
V. Raynor. "Art; A Swimmer Against the Tide," New York Times, November 18, 1984, p. 11.
V. Raynor. "Art; A Swimmer Against the Tide," New York Times, November 18, 1984, p. 11.
Exhibition
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, March 30-April 25, 1946, p. 9, no. 10.
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Exhibition of Still Life Paintings by Avery, Hartley, Knaths, Rattner, Weber, October 1-27, 1945.
Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Kornbluth Gallery, 1984, n.p., no. 2.
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Exhibition of Still Life Paintings by Avery, Hartley, Knaths, Rattner, Weber, October 1-27, 1945.
Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Kornbluth Gallery, 1984, n.p., no. 2.
榮譽呈獻
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale