Milton Avery
Head of a Man

Image Not Available for Head of a Man

© The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Head of a Man
Image Not Available for Head of a Man
ArtistAmerican, 1893–1965
Print studio
Publisher1946–1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Head of a Man
  • from the portfolio Laurels, Number 4
Date1935, published 1948
Published inNew York City, New York, United States
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
MediumDrypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, edition 62/100
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (23.2 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 16 1/2 in. (33 × 41.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Ida Kirkland Mullen Memorial Library Collection
Object number51.36.5
Not on view

Explore Further

Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Artist Portrayed," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 14–November 5, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in black ink, in matrix, bottom left corner: Milton Avery
Recto: Signed below matrix, right: Milton Avery
Recto: Signed in black ink, in matrix, bottom left corner: Milton Avery
Recto: Signed below matrix, right: Milton Avery
Catalogue raisonnéLunn 8

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Milton Avery
1948
Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, edition 62/100
51.36.2
Nude with Long Torso (Reclining Nude)
Milton Avery
1948
Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, edition 62/100
51.36.1
Milton Avery
1934, published 1948
Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, edition 62/100
51.36.4
Milton Avery
1948
Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, edition 62/100
51.36.3
Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman)
André Derain
c. 1913
Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper
2020.298
Reclining Nude
Milton Avery
1941
Drypoint, edition 45/100
91.232
Overall recto, cropped
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1858
Etching and drypoint in black ink with foul biting and plate tone on cream Asian paper, state II/III
2023.482
Marc Chagall
1922
Drypoint on laid paper, edition 62/110
2021.179
Untitled
Pablo Picasso
April 11, 1970
Drypoint and plate tone, edition 16/50
89.327
Untitled (plate 4)
Roberto Matta
1972
Etching and aquatint in colors on paper, edition 62/100
91.1676
Les chats (The Cats)
Edouard Manet
1868–1869, printed 1905
Etching and aquatint with plate tone on light blue laid paper
2013.593
Golden Ratio Series
Cornelia Thomsen
2023
Aquatint with plate tone on Hahnemühle paper, edition 4/12
2023.242.7