PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST INSTITUTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ART ACQUISITION FUNDS
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)

Rainbow

Estimate
USD 100,000 – USD 150,000
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MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)

Rainbow

Details
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Rainbow
signed and dated 'Milton Avery 1959' (lower left)
oil on canvas
34 x 52 in. (86.4 x 132.1 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, by 1978.
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York.
Thomas and Shirley Davis, acquired from the above, circa 1981.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
B. Marvel, "Avery's Art Enmeshes in Fields of Color," Dallas Times Herald, March 11, 1981.
Exhibited
Austin, Texas, University of Texas Art Museum; Summit, New Jersey, Summit Art Center, Milton Avery: Drawings and Paintings, December 5, 1976-April 17, 1977, p. 54.
New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, circa 1981.
Further details
This lot is accompanied by a letter of opinion from The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.

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