Sally Michel Avery (American, 1902-2003). Blue Tree, 1963. Oil on canvasboard. 24 x 30 inches (61.0 ...

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Sally Michel Avery (American, 1902-2003)
Blue Tree, 1963
Oil on canvasboard
24 x 30 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Sally Michel / 1963
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed on the reverse: "Blue Tree" / by / Sally Michel / oil / 24x30 / 1963

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts;
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above.

Painted in 1963, Blue Tree reflects Sally Michel Avery's enduring connection to the Catskills, where the Avery family spent summers near Woodstock, New York-a landscape that continually nourished their shared artistic vision. Here, Michel transforms the familiar autumn hillside into a strikingly modern composition: planes of vivid color, rhythmic brushwork, and the bold silhouette of a single red maple leaf anchoring the scene. Both abstract and intimate, Blue Tree celebrates the season's intensity while affirming Michel's independent mastery of form, color, and modernist clarity within the Avery legacy.


Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000.

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