Live Auction 3787American Art
Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Lot 73

Milton Avery (1885-1965)

Still Life with Purple Vase

Closed19 November 2015

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Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Still Life with Purple Vase
signed and dated 'Milton/Avery/1949' (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1949.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, Canada, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 16 March 1990, lot 396.
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, California.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2010.

Specialist note

The present composition is nearly identical to Milton Avery's Dark Still Life (1954) in the collection of the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida.