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Susan with Orchid

Susan with Orchid

Artist: Milton C. Avery (American, 1885 - 1965)

Date: 1944
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 46 1/2 x 36 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. (118.1 x 91.8 x 7.3 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Mrs. Herbert C. Morris
Reframed through the Adopt-A-Painting program in honor of Ronald C. Roth by C. Thomas Work
Object number: 1946.46.1
Susan with Orchid dates from the same year Avery received his first solo museum exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in Washington, DC and demonstrates his unique approach to painting. In this example of his mature style—deeply influenced by Henri Matisse—Avery combines simplified, flattened shapes, bold patterns, and applied intense colors in large unbroken areas to create areas of representational forms.