Object number2000.37.1

Gloucester Dawn

Datec. 1921

Artist Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965)

CultureAmerican

MediumOil on artist board

DimensionsSight: 20 1/16 x 24 in. (51 x 61 cm)
Framed: 20 7/8 x 24 7/8 x 1 in. (53 x 63.2 x 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and Steven Hirsch, class of 1971

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Painting

SignedSigned lower right: Milton Avery

InscribedOn reverse, by Sally Avery (daughter of the artist), center in black ink: "Gloucester Dawn" / by Milton Avery / 18 x 21 3/4 / C. 1921

BibliographyHaskell, Barbara. Milton Avery. 1st ed. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in Association with Harper & Row, 1982, p. 23; Price, Marla and Cape Ann Historical Association. Milton Avery on Cape Ann. Gloucester Mass: Association, 1989, pp. 19, 35; Price, Marla Milton Avery and Edith C. Blum Art Institute. 1981. Milton Avery Early and Late. Annandale-on-Hudson N.Y: Institute, 1981, pp. 9, 23 Rathbone, Eliza. "Avery Gottlieb & Rothko By the Sea." Massachusetts: Rizzoli Electa, 2026, p. 60ProvenanceThe artist 1921-1965;
Milton Avery Trust 1965-1990;
Private Collection 1990-1999
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, gifted by Susan and Steven Hirsch, 2000

Vassar Exhibitions

Nature in America: Taming the Landscape

Exhibition HistoryMilton Avery: Early and Late, Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, May 29 - July 31, 1981;

Milton Avery, Whitney Museum, New York, NY, September 16 - December 5, 1982, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, January 15 - March 6, 1983; Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, March 22 - May 8, 1983; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, May 21 - July 10, 1983; The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, July 27 - September 4, 1983; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 18 - October 30, 1983;

Milton Avery on Cape Ann, Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, MA, July 28 - October 14, 1989;

Early Avery, Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, MA, July - August, 1990;

Cape Ann Historical Association, January 1991 - September 1993;

Nature in America: Taming the Landscape, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 29 - August 26, 2012

Avery Gottlieb & Rothko by the Sea, Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA, June 30 - September 27 2026

DescriptionAbstracted color depiction of several boats on calm waters using pale yellows, light and medium blues, with hints of pink and orange. The work is rendered with loose, but controlled brushstrokes.

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