Milton Avery
Breaking Sea
1951
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Milton Avery
Breaking Sea
1951
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 1/4 x 49 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (99.7 x 124.8 x 7 cm) Sight: 28 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (73 x 97.8 cm)
Credit Line
Frederic W. Cone Fund
Object Number
1953.227
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Paintings by Milton Avery, 1928-1952', Dec. 1952 - Jan. 1953, catalog no. 80. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Lowe Gallery, Coral Gables, FL; Phillips Gallery, Washington D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 'New Accessions, U.S.A.', July 1 - September 6, 1954, cat. no. 4
American Federation of Arts, 'Milton Avery Retrospective', February 1960 - February 1962.
Museum of Modern Art, 'Milton Avery', May 1965 - December 1966. circulated to Phillips Collection; Hunter Gallery of Art; Mercer University; Indiana University; Mary Washington College, University of Virginia; Michigan State University; Coe College; Witte Memorial Museum; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Madison Art Center;Ithaca College Museum of Art; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute.
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution 'Milton Avery', December 11, 1969 - January 25, 1970, cat. no. 59, circulated to The Brooklyn Museum; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Milton Avery'. September 15, 1982 - September 11, 1983. circulated to Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Denver Art Museum; Walker Art Center.
American Federation of Arts, 'Milton Avery: The Late Paintings,' Milwaulkee Museum of Art, November 30, 2001-January 27, 2002; Norton Museum of Art, February 15-April 15, 2002; UCLA Hammer Museum, LA, May 24, 2002 - September 8, 2002.
BMA, "American Modernism from the Collection," June 25, 2003-
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 'New Accessions, U.S.A.', July 1 - September 6, 1954, cat. no. 4
American Federation of Arts, 'Milton Avery Retrospective', February 1960 - February 1962.
Museum of Modern Art, 'Milton Avery', May 1965 - December 1966. circulated to Phillips Collection; Hunter Gallery of Art; Mercer University; Indiana University; Mary Washington College, University of Virginia; Michigan State University; Coe College; Witte Memorial Museum; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Madison Art Center;Ithaca College Museum of Art; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute.
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution 'Milton Avery', December 11, 1969 - January 25, 1970, cat. no. 59, circulated to The Brooklyn Museum; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Milton Avery'. September 15, 1982 - September 11, 1983. circulated to Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Denver Art Museum; Walker Art Center.
American Federation of Arts, 'Milton Avery: The Late Paintings,' Milwaulkee Museum of Art, November 30, 2001-January 27, 2002; Norton Museum of Art, February 15-April 15, 2002; UCLA Hammer Museum, LA, May 24, 2002 - September 8, 2002.
BMA, "American Modernism from the Collection," June 25, 2003-
Robert Hobbs, 'Milton Avery: The Late Paintings,' New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001, plate 16, p. 38.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
