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Cactus by 
																	Milton Avery

Milton Avery

( American, 1885 - 1965 )

Cactus

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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

81.3 x 111.8

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'Milton Avery 1946'

Exhibited:

University of Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico; Museo de Monterrey; Caracas, El Museo de Bellas Artes and Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Milton Avery: Avery in Mexico and After, August 1981-July 1982, p. 21 (illustrated in color). New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Milton Avery: Mexico, February-March 1983, illustrated. Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Santa Fe, Gerald Peters Gallery; Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg; Montgomery, Blount, Inc.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Art Center; Chattanooga, Hunter Museum of Art and Tucson Museum of Art, Milton Avery's Mexico, April 1984-June 1985, pp. 13 and 32, no. 17 (illustrated in color, p. 32).

Literature:

R. Hobbs, Milton Avery, New York, 1990, pp. 146 and 151 (illustrated in color, p. 146).

Provenance:

Milton Avery Trust, New York. Knoedler & Co., New York. Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1999); sale, Christie's, New York, 30 November 2011, lot 7. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

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