Milton Avery

American | 1885 - 1965

Milton Avery was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1885. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Cavalier Gallery, New York (24th Str). Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Chrysler Museum of Art have featured Milton Avery's work in the past.Milton Avery's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 15 USD to 6,069,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 6,069,500 USD for The Letter, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 103,192 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 19,117 USD.Milton Avery has been featured in articles for Apollo, ArtDaily and The Art Newspaper. The most recent article is Artistic Families: Does Having an Artist Parent Seal Your Fate? written for Daily Art Magazine in January 2025. The artist died in 1965.

Artist's alternative names: Milton Clark Avery

Featured for Sale

Standing Nude ,1941

By Milton Avery

Gallery Art

Eastern Point Lighthouse ,1930

By Milton Avery

Christie's New York

Two Female Nudes at a Drawing Table ,10

By Milton Avery

Swann Auction Galleries

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Music Makers ,1947

By Milton Avery

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Sketching by the Sea ,1944

By Milton Avery

+215%

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SEA & SAND DUNES ,1955

By Milton Avery

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Upcoming Lots

Two Female Nudes at a Drawing Table - Milton Avery

Two Female Nudes at a Drawing Table ,10

By Milton Avery

Swann Auction Galleries

MILTON AVERY [AMERICAN] 1885-1965 [ATTRIBUTED] "BLUE TREES" OIL ON CANVAS - Milton Avery

MILTON AVERY [AMERICAN] 1885-1965 [ATTRIBUTED] "BLUE TREES" OIL ON CANVAS ,1885

Attributed to Milton Avery

WA Art Auctions

Milton Avery Drawing

By Milton Avery

Palm Beach Modern Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

HEAD ,1955

By Milton Avery

+16%

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Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery

8 volumes of Avery Tipping's illustrated series on English architecture through the ages - Milton Avery

8 volumes of Avery Tipping's illustrated series on English architecture through the ages ,1920

By Milton Avery

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Doyle New York

Young Girl Nude ,1935

By Milton Avery

+33%

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Bonhams Los Angeles

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Current Exhibitions

Winter on Worth: Palm Beach 2025

Cavalier Gallery, New York (24th Str)

New York | USA

Jan 05,2025 - Mar 06,2025

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

Past Exhibitions

Together/Apart: Modern and Contemporary Art of the United States

Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

Miami | Florida | USA

Jan 19,2023 - Feb 02,2025

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Articles

Artistic Families: Does Having an Artist Parent Seal Your Fate?

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Coverage

“ ..Although Avery did occasionally exhibit some of this output, scholars and critics have tended to overlook this thread in his work, in favor of themes of leisure, nature, and the figure that anticipate... ”
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Knoedler & Company

“ .. Milton Avery’s unique brand of modernism blends simplified figures and natural forms with abstract tonal planes... ”
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DC Moore Gallery

“ ..Avery is known for alleviating excess pictorial elements and details in order to focus on his true subject: color... ”
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Hackett | Mill

“ ..Milton Avery (1885–1965) made portraits throughout his career yet, bar a handful of exceptions, did not accept commissions... ”
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Victoria Miro, Venice

“ ..“Avery spanned, and to an extent became the link between, two significant twentieth century national movements: American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism... ”
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Victoria Miro, London (St George Street)