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Sally Michel

Sally Michel (1902 - 2003) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Sally Michel is known for Abstract figure, landscape, illustrator.

A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery in Boston.

In 1926, she married artist Milton Avery, and they worked together closely as each other's models and critic, and some persons have suggested that her husband, Milton Avery, used many of her ideas in his paintings.

In deference to raising her family, she put her husband's career ahead of her own but did sell illustrations to The New York Times.  After her husband's death, she has received increased recognition.

D. Wigmore Fine Art of Manhattan held a solo exhibition of canvases by Sally Michel as well as a few works by her friend Doris Lee. The New York Times review of that exhibition by Roberta Smith, January 14, 2016, has these words:

"Without Sally Michel there would have been no Milton Avery, or at least not as much.   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5025 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 210 auction lots for Sally Michel (of which 184 auction records sold and 2 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 4 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 10 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Sally Michel as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Sally Michel in 0 of its research Essays. Sally Michel has 17 artist signature examples available in our database.

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