New York: Knoedler & Company, 2004. Exhibition Catalogue. Fine. The catalogue for a 2004-05 exhibition of art work by American artist Milton Avery, including oils, watercolors and sketches from the 1920s to the 1960s of the Atlantic seacoast and the Atlantic ocean. First edition, first printing, About 10 x 9 1/2 inches, 47 pages on glossy paper in heavy card wrappers illustrated with a detail from "Choppy Sea," (oil on canvas, 1956). Includes "The Philosophical Poetry of Milton Avery's Seascapes" by Arthur Danto. Wrappers and text are clean, complete and unmarked, without noticeable flaws or significant damage of any kind. Avery, working in the shadow of the abstract expressionists, has only gradually begun to receive the recognition he deserves.

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Catalog of an exhibition held at Waddington Galleries, London, Oct. 31-Nov. 24, 2007.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006070
Title: MILTON AVERY: ONRUSHING WAVES
Format/Binding: Exhibition Catalogue
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0976239507
ISBN 13: 9780976239505
Publisher: Knoedler & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: ART, FINE PAINTING, WATERCOLOR SEASCAPES, ARTHUR DANTO, OIL DRAWING,
Bookseller catalogs: Art; History; Miscellaneous;

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