Man in a Blue Plaid Shirt (Milton Avery)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1974.71
People: Peggy Bacon, American (Ridgefield CT 1895 - 1987 Kennebunkport, ME)
Title: Man in a Blue Plaid Shirt (Milton Avery)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Man in a Blue Jumper (Portrait of Milton Avery)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309113

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on white wove paper
Dimensions: 23.3 x 38 cm (9 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Marie Sterner. [Angus White Gallery, Boston Massachusetts], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

NOTE: Provenance information from the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 1974
Object Number: 1974.71
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Peggy Bacon: Personalities and Places, exh. cat., Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C, 1975), catalogue no. 3, p. 77

Exhibition History

Peggy Bacon: Personalities and Places, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, 12/05/1975 - 02/08/1976

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1974.71: Man in a Blue Plaid Shirt (Milton Avery)