signed and dated "Milton Avery 1948" lower right; inscribed "Green Sea by Milton Avery 1948" on the reverse

pencil and gouache on paper

22 1/2 x 30 5/8 in. (57.2 x 77.8 cm)

Executed in 1948.

This work is a study for a larger oil on canvas, dated 1954, housed in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.