Live Auction 19846American Art
MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Lot 205 Property from the Collection of Joseph L. Ponce and Anne G. Ponce

MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)

Woman on the Rocks

Closed18 May 2021

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MILTON AVERY (1885-1965)
Woman on the Rocks
signed and dated 'Milton/Avery/1948' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
22 3⁄8 x 30 3⁄8 in. (56.8 x 77 cm.)
Executed in 1948.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1965.

Specialist note


The present work likely depicts a seaside cliff in Pemaquid Point, Maine, where the Avery family summered the year it was painted.