My Wife Sally - 1934, Drypoint.

Lunn 5. Edition 100. Signed in pencil.

Image size 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (143 x 210 mm); sheet size 8 3/16 x 11 1/2 inches (208 x 292 mm).

A superb impression with rich burr throughout and delicate plate tone, in warm black ink on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches). Toning from original hinge glue in the top left and top right sheet corners verso, with the palest show-through recto (well away from the image), otherwise in excellent condition.

$4000.

Little Girl - 1936, Drypoint.

Lunn 11. Edition 60. Signed, dated and numbered 22/60 in pencil.

Image size 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (222 x 121 mm); sheet size 14 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (378 x 333 mm).

A superb impression, in warm black ink with delicate overall plate tone, on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (2 5/8 to 4 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

$4500.

March with Babushka (Head of March) - 1948, Drypoint.

Lunn 27. Edition 100. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Image size 9 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches (249 x 248 mm); sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (375 x 283 mm).

A proof impression before the edition, with overall platetone and rich burr, on cream wove paper; full margins (3/4 to 4 inches), in excellent condition.

A portrait of the artist’s daughter, March Avery. Published by the Collectors of American Art.

Provenance: Estate of Milton Goldstein.

$2100.

Crescent Moon in Evening Sky - 1951, Monotype.

Unique. Signed and dated in pencil, in the image, center left. Signed and titled in ink, bottom left margin, verso.

Image size 11 5/8 x 18 inches (295 x 457 mm); sheet size 12 x 18 inches (378 x 457 mm).

A fine, richly inked, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on heavy cream wove Japan paper; the full sheet, trimmed by the artist, to, or just outside the image area. In excellent condition; the oil based paints naturally toning the margins.

Avery has applied complimentary pastel color within the light areas of the composition, orange rose in the sky and sea green in the water, to resonate with the darker oil base colors and so charge the work with energy and mystery. Spontaneous and elemental, this signature work supports the ongoing revaluation of the artist as one of American art’s great modernist innovators.

$28,000. HOLD

Dancer - 1954, Woodcut.

Edition 25 (black and white), 25 (black and red). Signed, dated and numbered 6/25 in pencil.

Image size 11 15/16 x 9 5/8 inches (303 x 244 mm); sheet size 17 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (454 x 302 mm).

A superb impression, on cream wove Japan, with full margins (1 to 3 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, NYPL.

$3400.