"Nude" by Milton Avery, Amer., (1885-1965) Oil on thin cream laid paper

on thin cream laid paper

John Howard Benson was trained in watercolor and printmaking

This powerful modernist drawing presents the genesis of one of Lazzell's most famous prints

10-3/4 x 5-1/4

The image measures 12-3/8 x 14-3/8

"Nude" by Milton Avery, Amer., (1885-1965) Oil on thin cream laid paperColor Woodcut, 1953, L. 49, editions of 20 each in black, green, and blue and black, plus 25 in gray, totaling 85, plus in 1960 an edition of 500 in blue was printed for members of the Art in American Society, as here. The print measures 3 11 16 x 10 7 8, on cream wove japan paper, signed and dated in pencil. There are traces of tape residue at the top margin corners, well away from image, with a minor thin spot top right edge, some toning within the