Avery Sketchbook (Jamaica, Vermont)
1943
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bound volume with 77 drawings in various media on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall (closed): 20 x 13.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.) overall (opened): 20 x 26 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Sally Michel Avery
Accession Number
2002.104.2.1-77
About the Artist
Milton Avery
Milton Avery, born on March 7, 1885, in Altmar, New York, to a working-class family—his father a tanner—grew up in modest circumstances. After his family's move to the Hartford area of Connecticut in 1898, he took on various manual jobs, including as a mechanic, clerk, and construction worker, to support himself and relatives following family tragedies. His artistic path began around 1905 at the C...