Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)

Cactus

Price realised USD 945,000
Estimate
USD 300,000 – USD 500,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2022
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MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)

Cactus

Price realised USD 945,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2022
Price realised USD 945,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2022
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MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Cactus
signed and dated 'Milton Avery 1946' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 44 in. (81.3 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted in 1946
Provenance
Milton Avery Trust, New York.
Knoedler & Co., New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1999); sale, Christie's, New York, 30 November 2011, lot 7.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
R. Hobbs, Milton Avery, New York, 1990, pp. 146 and 151 (illustrated in color, p. 146).
Exhibited
University of Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico; Museo de Monterrey; Caracas, El Museo de Bellas Artes and Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Milton Avery: Avery in Mexico and After, August 1981-July 1982, p. 21 (illustrated in color).
New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Milton Avery: Mexico, February-March 1983, illustrated.
Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Santa Fe, Gerald Peters Gallery; Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg; Montgomery, Blount, Inc.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Art Center; Chattanooga, Hunter Museum of Art and Tucson Museum of Art, Milton Avery's Mexico, April 1984-June 1985, pp. 13 and 32, no. 17 (illustrated in color, p. 32).
Special notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.

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