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THE BARTER FAMILY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS

Lot 46

Milton Avery
(1885-1965)
March with Hat 11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)

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20 May 2021, 16:00 EDT

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Milton Avery (1885-1965)

March with Hat
signed 'Milton Avery' (lower right)
ink on paper
11 x 8 1/2in (27.9 x 21.6cm)

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Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Barter, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Joanne Barter West, Washington, D.C., by descent, 1999.
By descent to the present owners, 2020.

This lot is accompanied by a letter from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York.

The present work depicts the artist's daughter, March Avery (b. 1932) sitting cross-legged and wearing a wide brimmed hat that conceals her eyes from the viewer as she looks down to sketch in a notebook.

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