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Milton Avery

Lamb

1954

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
color woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 24.7 x 36.1 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 30.1 x 45.6 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.)
Collection no.
1991.233.77
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Lamb — Milton Avery. 1954.

Medium: color woodcut on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 24.7 x 36.1 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 30.1 x 45.6 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.233.77. Gift of the Avery Family, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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