Milton Avery - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Valentine Gallery, New York
    Private Collection
    Private Collection, New Jersey
    Thence by descent to the present owners

  • Exhibited

    New York, Valentine Gallery, Paintings by Milton Avery, March 11–30, 1935, no. 9

  • Literature

    Carlyle Burrows, "Notes and Commentary on Events in Art: A Display by Milton Avery," New York Herald Tribune, New York, March 17, 1935, p. 10

Property from an Important American Collection

217

Young Mother and Child

signed “Milton Avery” lower left; inscribed ""Young Mother + Child" by Milton Avery 1935" on the reverse
oil on canvas board
20 x 15 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.3 cm)
Painted in 1935.

This work will be accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000 

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan

Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023