Autumn
Artist
Sally Michel Avery
(American, 1902-2003)
CultureAmerican
Date1956
MediumOil on board
Dimensions42 × 24 in. (106.7 × 61 cm)
Overall, Frame: 48 1/8 × 30 × 2 in. (122.2 × 76.2 × 5.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 48 1/8 × 30 × 2 in. (122.2 × 76.2 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art
Object number2023.4.9
Not on view
Label TextSally Michel American, 1902–2003 Autumn, 1956 Oil on board While often overshadowed by her famous painter husband, Milton Avery, Sally Michel’s unique approach to tonal abstraction earned her commercial recognition. In this landscape scene, the colors appear otherworldly with blue leaves against a purple sky. Porter’s forested photograph, also on view in this gallery, affirms that this spectacle of color can be found in nature and reinforces the atmospheric tonalism of Michel and Avery’s landscapes. Promised gift of the Macon and Joan Brock Collection ProvenanceMilton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc. The Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art, 2015 Exhibition HistorySally Michel: Rhythms of Light and Color, D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York, November 16, 2015–January 13, 2016. "A Shared Vision: The Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 8, 2023 — March 10, 2024. Published ReferencesTom Wolf, Sally Michel: Rhythms of Light and Color (New York: D. Wigmore Fine Art, 2015), 25.
