Reminiscences of Sally Michael Avery [microform] : oral history, 1979.

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Reminiscences of Sally Michael Avery [microform] : oral history, 1979.

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Childhood, family and education; marriage to Milton Avery; daughter, March; career as painter; reminiscences of Milton Avery: family background, influence of childhood and nature on painting, work for Works Progress Administration, prizes, painting philosophy, techniques and uses of media, work habits, relationship with art critics, associations with galleries; Avery family members' exhibitions and retrospectives, 1928-78; recollections of Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Marsden Hartley, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Hirshhorn and others.

Transcript: 151 leaves.

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Avery, Sally Michael.

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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...

Sheaffer, Louis

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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 ...