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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2025.320
People
Milton Avery, American (Altmar, NY 1885 - 1965 New York, NY)
Title
Female Artist
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Woman by the Sea
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1944
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/387827

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on white wove watercolor paper
Dimensions
57 x 78 cm (22 7/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On recto, in watercolor: Milton Avery, 1944
  • inscription: On verso, in black ink:: Female Artist by Milton Avery / 1944 / 22 x 30
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite:: #1459

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold; through [Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA] to Martin Kantor, by descent; to Michael Carter, Asbury Park, NJ, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2025.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Michael Carter in memory of Dr. Martin J. Kantor, Class of 1958
Accession Year
2025
Object Number
2025.320
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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