Milton Avery

Birds and Sea
1955

A black and white abstract print featuring stylized waves and rain with a large, curving figure resembling a bird or sea creature in the foreground. The background has horizontal lines suggesting a stormy sky, and there are small boat-like shapes on the waves. The print has a rough, textured appearance, with the artist's signature and the year 1955 in the lower right corner, and "Trial Proof" written in the lower left corner.

A black and white abstract print featuring stylized waves and rain with a large, curving figure resembling a bird or sea creature in the foreground. The background has horizontal lines suggesting a stormy sky, and there are small boat-like shapes on the waves. The print has a rough, textured appearance, with the artist's signature and the year 1955 in the lower right corner, and "Trial Proof" written in the lower left corner.

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Date
1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/8 × 27 5/8in. (30.8 × 70.2 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 24in. (24.8 × 61 cm)

Accession number
83.46

Edition
TP | Ed. 20

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Milton Avery Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/3533

Milton Avery
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