Dawn | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25006
People: Milton Avery, American (Altmar, NY 1885 - 1965 New York, NY)
Title: Dawn
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1952
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/173994

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut hand-printed in black and yellow on Japanese paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 18.1 x 22.8 cm (7 1/8 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Milton Avery 1952
inscription: lower right corner of design, printer's ink, incised in black block only, signed, in artist's hand: artist's monogram: M.A
inscription: yes, lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature, date, and impression identification: Milton Avery 1952 artist proof
inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: alternate, rejected title?: Flight [crossed out] Dawn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Swann Auction Galleries, New York, New York], sale 1896, May 1, 2001, lot 358, sold; to [James Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, May 2001.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: artist proof
Standard Reference Number: L. 40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 2001
Object Number: M25006
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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