Striped Shirt
Milton Avery
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1932
DIMENSIONS
22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
frame (thin metal frame/edging): 22 1/8 × 16 1/8 × 1 in. (56.2 × 41 × 2.5 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed upper left: "Milton / Avery"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.271.12
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Ivor Green and Augusta Green
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1991, provenance not yet documented; by 1991, acquired by Ivor and Augusta Green; 1992, bequeathed by Ivor and Augusta Green to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965). Striped Shirt, 1932. Oil on canvas, 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Ivor Green and Augusta Green, 1992.271.12. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.271.12.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1992.271.12.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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