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MILTON AVERY American 1885-1965 Oil on Paper

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MILTON AVERY American 1885-1965 Oil on Paper
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Oil on paper, framed, featuring a Modernism style portrait. Signed and attr. Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965), on the lower right corner. 7.5 x 9.4 in. (19 x 24 cm). Depicting everyday scenes of domestic, city, and country life, painter and printmaker Milton Avery favored simplified forms and the flat application of color, inspired by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. “I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, [and] colors form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter,” he once said. Avery’s early work incorporated elements of Impressionism, but his smooth planes of color and combination of figuration and abstraction would make him an archetype of American Modernism. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate