Milton Avery

Artist Arnold Newman (American, 1918 - 2006)

CultureAmerican

DateJanuary 6, 1961

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 15/16 × 14 in. (43 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 15 15/16 in. (50.8 × 40.5 cm)

InscribedSigned.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2207.4

Not on view

DescriptionThis photograph of Milton Avery was taken in his studio.

Label TextArnold Newman American, 1918–2006 Milton Avery, January 6, 1961 Gelatin silver print Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2207.4 Like Marvin Lazarus, Arnold Newman set out to document artists working in America, debuting his portraits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1945 with his exhibition Artists Look Like This. Many of these portraits were set in the artist’s studio with examples of their work. Together, Lazarus’s and Newman’s portfolios offered insight to the manners and modes of the twentieth century’s most important artists. Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 15 - Aug. 22, 1999. "Facing Ourselves: Mike Disfarmer and the American Portrait," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 16, 2022 - May 14, 2023. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: p. 9.