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Milton Avery

Speedboat's Wake

1959

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 3/4 × 71 1/2 in. (136.5 × 181.6 cm)
Collection no.
1989.274
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Speedboat's Wake — Milton Avery. 1959.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 53 3/4 × 71 1/2 in. (136.5 × 181.6 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, 1989.

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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