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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 212 auction lots for Sally Michel (of which 188 auction records sold and 0 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.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Sally Michel available:    March Avery,  Laura Coombs Hills,  Doris Emrick Lee,  Harry Aiken Vincent,  Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell,  Warren Sheppard,  Konrad Cramer,  Milton Clark Avery,  Daniel Celentano,  Mario Korbel,  Paul Cadmus,  Robert Moore Kulicke,  George Copeland Ault,  Melbourne Havelock Hardwick,  Robert Natkin,  Martin Lewis,  John La Farge,  Henry Bacon,  Jane Piper,  William Jurian Kaula,  Wesley Elbridge Webber,  Charles Green Shaw,  Paul Starrett Sample,  Arthur Wesley Dow



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Jody Klotz Fine Art
Abilene, TX 

Jody Klotz Fine Art is actively acquiring works by Sally Michel Avery. Please contact us if you are interested in selling works by this artist.
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