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Beach Birds

Milton Clark Avery (American, 1885–1965)
1954

Medium/Technique Woodcut on Asian paper, printed in black with selective inking, with transfer drawing at top and bottom (with wave pattern)
Dimensions Sheet: 19.4 x 30.8 cm (7 5/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2016.69
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lunn 55 i/ii
DescriptionEdition of 25, printed in black in the first state (there was also an edition of 25 in blue ink).
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 12/25; l.r.: Milton Avery 1955
ProvenanceCatherine E. Burns Fine Prints and Drawings, Oakland, CA; 2016, sold by Catherine E. Burns to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2016)
Copyright© Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York