Milton Avery

Woman with Turban
1949

A painting depicting a stylized portrait of a figure with exaggerated blue eyes, a prominent red mouth, and a black hat against a textured orange background. The artist's signature and the year, "Milton Avery 1947," are visible in the lower left corner.

A painting depicting a stylized portrait of a figure with exaggerated blue eyes, a prominent red mouth, and a black hat against a textured orange background. The artist's signature and the year, "Milton Avery 1947," are visible in the lower left corner.

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Date
1949

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas mounted to board

Dimensions
Overall: 11 15/16 × 8 7/8in. (30.3 × 22.5 cm) Mount (board): 20 × 16 5/16in. (50.8 × 41.4 cm)

Accession number
92.100.2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla

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

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Milton Avery
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