Birds by Blue Sea
1950
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View on museum website →Medium
color monotype with graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 43.2 x 55.9 cm (17 x 22 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Prospero Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Accession Number
1993.53.1
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...