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March Avery
(born 1932)
Sally Sketching 18 x 24in (45.7 x 61cm)

29 July 2020, 16:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$10,700 inc. premium

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March Avery (born 1932)

Sally Sketching
signed and dated 'March Avery '63' (upper left) and signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 24in (45.7 x 61cm)
Painted in 1963.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, New York.
Sale, Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4, 2012, lot 89, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

March Avery's inspiration for the present work painted in 1963 most likely came from her summer spent that year with her parents in Lake Hill, New York, several miles north of Woodstock, and the surrounding Catskills region. March depicts her mother Sally wearing a loosely fitted light blue and white striped shirt and a wide brimmed sun hat. The inground swimming pool of one of the homes they rented that summer is visible in the background. Sally looks down intently sketching the landscape around her.

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