Artist and Model
Artist and Model
Artist
Milton Avery
(American, 1885 - 1965)
Date1955
DimensionsOverall: 28 × 36 in. (71.1 × 91.4 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of David K. and Georgia E. Welles
Object number
2025.154
Not on View
DescriptionTwo figures appear in a simply rendered room, with a yellow floor, pale pink wall, and a dark red curtain forming the backdrop. To the left, a female figure reclines on a chair in the nude, her body and white hair are formed of simplified shapes. The chair beneath her is a nondescript form painted in pale grey.The “artist” is to the right in the middle ground of the painting. Similarly abstracted, he wears a red robe, and pink pants, a large white canvas or paper laid out on his lap. The model stares forward, her face in profile, while the artist tilts his head in her direction as he sketches onto the page.
Exhibition HistoryBirmingham, MI, Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., "Gallery Selections: Avery, Calder, de Kooning, Dubuffet, Louis, Miro, Nakian, Noland, Olitski, Vasarely,” 9 October – 5 November 1966 Detroit, Cranbrook Museum of Art, "Source Detroit, Il.”, 9 January – 6 February 19965th Dynasty (2498–2345 BCE)
about 1956-1959 (printed 2016)
668-627 BCE
5th Dynasty (2498–2345 BCE)
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission