
Milton Avery (1893-1965), My Wife Sally, drypoint, 1934, signed, dated and numbered in pencil [also signed in the plate on Sally's writing pad], from the edition of 100. Reference: Lunn 5 (only state). In excellent condition, on a cream wove paper, the full sheet, 5 5/8 x 8 1/2, the sheet 13 x 14 3/4 inches, archival window matting.
A fine fresh impression, printed in a dark brown ink.
Provenance: Associated American Artists, with their certificate appended to the mat verso.
This is a relatively early print by Avery, done in a period when he was creating drypoints [...]
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Milton Avery (1893-1965), Young Girl Nude, drypoint, 1935, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 100. Reference: Lunn 7 (only state). In excellent condition, on a cream wove paper, the full sheet, 9 15/16 x 4 15/16, the sheet 14 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches, archival matting.
A fine fresh impression, printed in black ink,with substantial burr from the drypoint work.
This is a relatively early print by Avery, done in a period when he was creating drypoints and before the work on wood. Here he’s working in a Mannerist mode, with the [...]
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Milton Avery (1893-1965), Little Girl, drypoint, signed and dated in pencil lower right, numbered lower left (23/60) [also signed in the plate lower left). Reference: Lunn 11 (only state), from the edition of 60. In very good condition, on a cream wove paper, the full sheet, 8 3/4 x 4 3/4, the sheet 15 x 13 inches; archival window matting.
A fine impression, printed in a brownish/black ink, with a veil of plate tone.
Milton Avery made his first drypoint just after his daughter March was born, in 1932. Although primarily a painter, he turned to printmaking frequently [...]
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Milton Avery (1893-1965), Fish, color woodcut, 1952, signed, dated and numbered (24/100) in pencil lower margin. Reference: Lunn 41, from the edition of 100 in dark green (there were also about 10 impressions in blue). In very good condition, with wide margins, 2 1/2 x 9, the sheet 7 x 15 3/8 inches. Printed in a greenish black ink on a very light wove paper.
A fine clear impression.
Avery made his woodcuts by rubbing the paper against the inked wood, using an implement such as a spoon. In this impression of Fish the grain of the wood is [...]
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