id: 380087
accession number: 2020.170
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.170
updated: 2021-06-08 09:01:06.975000
Hens and Chickens, 1948. Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965). Oil on canvas; overall: 99.1 x 139.7 cm (39 x 55 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.170 © The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Hens and Chickens
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creation date: 1948
creation date earliest: 1948
creation date latest: 1948
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creditline: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
copyright: © The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 99.1 x 139.7 cm (39 x 55 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2020
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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fun fact:
Explaining why he was so quiet, Milton Avery said, "Why talk when you can paint?"
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Milton Avery’s passion for bold color and elemental shapes infuses Hens and Chickens, one of his most charming canvases. Throughout his career, the artist sought inspiration from everyday life, which he carefully distilled into abstracted compositions that would capture, as he described, “the purity and essence of the idea expressed in its simplest form.”
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