March Avery (b. 1932)
Lot 204Property from an East Coast Private Collection

March Avery (b. 1932)

On the Dam

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USD 6,875

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March Avery (b. 1932)
On the Dam
signed and dated 'March Avery '62' (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
16 x 24 ¼ in. (40.6 x 61.6 cm.)
Painted in 1962.

Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, New York.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Van Nuys, California, 23 February 2014, lot 239.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work was likely painted overlooking the pond at the Yorktown, New York, home of March Avery's friends, artist Wallace Putnam and his wife, photographer Consuela Kanaga. The figures are possibly Kanaga, at left, and the artist's husband, Philip Cavanaugh, at right.