Milton Avery

Three Birds
1952

A vintage print depicting three stylized birds in flight against a dark background with textured patterns that resemble waves or clouds. The birds are white with black detailing, and the print has a rough, aged edge, with the artist's signature and the year 1952 in the bottom left corner and the words "ghosts proof" in the bottom right corner.
A vintage print depicting three stylized birds in flight against a dark background with textured patterns that resemble waves or clouds. The birds are white with black detailing, and the print has a rough, aged edge, with the artist's signature and the year 1952 in the bottom left corner and the words "ghosts proof" in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1952

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/4 × 27 9/16in. (31.1 × 70 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 25in. (24.5 × 63.5 cm)

Accession number
71.182

Edition
AP | Ed. 15

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Irving

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

API
artworks/3538

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