Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Milton Avery / 1954
the artist, New York (1954; sold through the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. Grace Borgenicht Gallery. "Milton Avery," March 29–April 17, 1954, brochure no. 5.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Columbia Bicentennial Exhibition," October 28, 1954–April 18, 1955, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
American Federation of Arts circulating exhibition. "American Painting: The 1950's," 1968–69 (lent to numerous U.S. venues, including those listed below), no. 2.
Athens. Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia. "American Painting: The 1950's," November 8–30, 1968.
Wichita, Ky. Wichita Art Museum. "American Painting: The 1950's," December 22, 1968–January 19, 1969.
Seattle. Frye Art Museum. "American Painting: The 1950's," February 15–March 9, 1969.
Binghamton, N.Y. Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences. "American Painting: The 1950's," May 18–June 15, 1969.
University of Pittsburgh. "American Painting: The 1950's," July 6–August 3, 1969.
Washington, D. C. National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution. "Milton Avery," December 12, 1969–January 30, 1970, no. 70.
Brooklyn Museum. "Milton Avery," February 16–March 29, 1970, no. 70.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. "Milton Avery," April 23–May 31, 1970, no. 70.
Bronx County Courthouse. "Paintings from the Metropolitan, Pinturas del Metropolitano," May 12–June 13, 1971, no. 24.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Installation of the 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture Galleries," opened October 5, 1971, no catalogue [on view until November 9, 1971].
Moscow. State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. "Representations of America," December 15, 1977–February 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Leningrad. State Hermitage Museum. "Representations of America," March 15–May 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Minsk, Belarus. Palace of Art. "Representations of America," June 15–August 15, 1978, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Tribute to a Curator: Robert Beverly Hale," November 16, 1978–March 4, 1979, extended to March 18, 1979, no catalogue.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Milton Avery," September 16–December 5, 1982, no. 80.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection One: Twentieth-Century Art," February 1–April 30, 1985, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "14 Americans," July 16, 1990–January 2, 1991, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Painting: 1905–1950," April 19–October 7, 1991, no catalogue.
M[argaret]. B[reuning]. "Fortnight in Review. Milton Avery." Art Digest 28 (April 1, 1954), p. 22.
Carlyle Burrows. "The New Averys." New York Herald Tribune (April 4, 1954), section 4, p. 8, generally discusses works in Exh. New York 1954.
Albert Ten Eyck Gardner. A Concise Catalogue of the American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1957, p. 2.
Hilton Kramer. Milton Avery: Paintings 1930–1960. New York, 1962, p. 25, colorpl. VIII.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, p. 173, ill.
Doris Reno. "Miami's Old 17th Century Friend Found Shining in a New Setting." Miami Herald (August 22, 1965), p. 21E, calls it "Golden Sea".
Jerrold Morris. On the Enjoyment of Modern Art. 2nd rev. ed. [1st ed. 1965]. Greenwich, Conn., 1968, pp. 47, 58, colorpl. 1.
Ann Carter. "Art of 1950s to Tour Nation." Atlanta Constitution (November 17, 1968), p. 4F.
Adelyn D. Breeskin inMilton Avery. Exh. cat., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., 1969, unpaginated, no. 70, ill.
Donald Miller. "Frick Show Indicates Art Trend." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (July 26, 1969), p. 24.
"Jottings—From the Scratchpad." Courier-Express (DuBois, Pa.) (July 18, 1969), p. 4.
Jeanne H. Metzger. "The Art Scene." Everett Herald (March 1, 1969), p. 4C, ill.
Connie Kienzle. "50s Frantic on Canvas—Stimulating, Too." Pittsburgh Press (July 9, 1969), p. 45.
Lillian Freedgood. An Enduring Image: American Painting from 1665. New York, 1970, ill. p. 356.
James F. Pilgrim. Paintings from the Metropolitan, Pinturas del Metropolitano. Exh. cat., Bronx County Courthouse. New York, 1971, unpaginated, no. 24.
"Avery, Milton." Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art. Chicago, [1973], p. 52.
Bonnie Lee Grad. Milton Avery. Royal Oak, Mich., 1981, p. 11, colorpl. 25.
Marla June Price. "The Paintings of Milton Avery." PhD diss., University of Virginia, 1982, pp. 169, 185, fig. 203.
William Wilson. "Obscurity Has Its Day in New York." Los Angeles Times (January 9, 1983), p. T71, ill.
Elyse Topalian. "Modern Art in the Met." Apollo 124 (October 1986), p. 362.
Robert Hobbs. Milton Avery. New York, 1990, ill. p. 6 (color).
Kate Farrell. Art and Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry. New York, 1992, p. 146, ill. (color), illustrates a poem by Raymond Carver.
Milton Avery (American, Altmar, New York 1885–1965 New York)
1948
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