Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

358  MILTON AVERY Hooded Owl . Linoleum cut on Japan paper, 1953. 229x178 mm; 9x7 inches, full margins. Artist’s proof, aside from the edition of only 20. Signed and inscribed “artist’s proof ” in pencil, lower margin. A superb impression. Lunn 39. [2,500/3,500] 359  MILTON AVERY Dawn . Woodcut on Japan paper, 1952. 181x229 mm; 7x9 inches, full margins. First state (of 2), printed in black. An artist’s proof in this state, aside from the edition of only 15. Signed, dated “1953” and inscribed “artist’s proof” in pencil, lower margin. A superb, richly-inked impression. Lunn 40. [2,500/3,500] 358 359