Milton Avery papers

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Milton Avery papers

1926-1982

The papers of abstract painter Milton Avery measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1982, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1950 to 1982. Almost the entire collection consists of business files maintained by Milton Avery's wife Sally as a trustee for the Milton Avery Trust (2.4 linear feet). Milton Avery's business and personal correspondence (five folders) contains letters from friends and fellow artists, including a few from George Duthuit, Louis Eilshemius, Marsden Hartley, Wallace Putnam, and Mark Rothko. Also found are scattered writings about Avery, price lists, estate records, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and news clippings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630356

Archives of American Art

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There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

AVERY, SALLY

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Painter; widow of painter Milton Avery. From the description of Oral history interview with Sally Michel Avery, 1967 Nov. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422876351 Painter, widow of Milton Avery; New York and Long Island. From the description of Sally Avery interview, 1982 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220208627 Painter; interviewee married Milton Avery. From the description of Oral history interview with Sally M...

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965

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Milton Avery (1885-1965) was a painter in New York, N.Y. Year of birth has always been given as 1893; however, both the federal census report of 1900 and February 18, 1892 election district records for the town of Albion indicate that the actual year of birth was 1885. From the description of Milton Avery papers, 1926-1982, bulk 1950-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373514 Milton Avery (1885-1965) was born in Altmar, New York and ...

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941

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Painter, poet and composer. From the description of Louis Eilshemuis letter and business card [manuscript], 1925 Aug 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964755 Painter, mathematician, composer, writer. New York, New York. From the description of Louis M. Eilshemius letter to Mr. W.J.F., 1935 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80438534 Painter, draftsman, writer, composer; New York, New York. Born 1864. Died 1941. From th...

Duthuit, Georges, 1891-1973

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Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989

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Wallace Putnam, b. 1899, Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007161 Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman; Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Wallace Putnam papers, 1914-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80506415 From the description of Wallace Putnam interview, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (U...

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970

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Russian-born American artist, Mark Rothko, is noted as one of the primary artists of Abstract Expressionism and color field painting. From the description of Mark Rothko manuscripts and sketchbook, circa 1935-1943. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81257215 Mark Rothko was an American painter and draughtsman of Russian birth. Born Sept. 25, 1903, Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Died Feb. 25, 1970, New York. From the description of The artis...