Lot 215
Young Mother and Child
Sold
$38,100
Est $40,000 - $60,000
Live Auction
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE, MORNING SESSION
ARTIST
Milton Avery
Size
20 x 15 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.3 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

Medium
oil on canvasboard
Signature
Painted in 1935. This work is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
Provenance
Valentine Gallery, New York Private Collection Private Collection, New Jersey Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature
Carlyle Burrows, "Notes and Commentary on Events in Art: A Display by Milton Avery," New York Herald Tribune, New York, March 17, 1935, p. 10
Exhibited
New York, Valentine Gallery, Paintings by Milton Avery, March 11–30, 1935, no. 9