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Milton Avery

Birds and Ruffled Sea

1951

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Monotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/16 in. × 24 in. (45.9 × 61 cm)
Collection no.
1978.576
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Birds and Ruffled Sea — Milton Avery. 1951.

Medium: Monotype. Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/16 in. × 24 in. (45.9 × 61 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1978.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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