Nude
1960
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View on museum website →Medium
woodcut in blue on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 9.21 × 26.99 cm (3 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 17.46 × 40.32 cm (6 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.19.1092
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...