Milton Avery (1885-1965), Pale Field, Dark Mountain

Milton Avery (1885-1965)
Pale Field, Dark Mountain
signed and dated 'Milton Avery 1959' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 54 1/8 in. (101 x 137.4 cm.)
Painted in 1959.

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Provenance
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit
Private collection, Bloomfield Hills, 1970
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Private collection, United States
Harriet Griffin Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982

Pre-Lot Text
The Defining Gesture: Modern Masters from the Eppler Family Collection

Literature
C. Lichtblau, "Milton Avery," Arts Magazine, March 1970, p. 56 (illustrated).

Exhibited
Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute; New York, Brooklyn Museum; Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Milton Avery, December 1969-May 1970.
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., fig. 14 (illustrated in color).