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    • MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Fleeing.
      Oct. 19, 2023

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Fleeing.

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Fleeing. Watercolor on vellum, 2003. 660x508 mm; 26x20 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "S.F" in pencil, lower right recto. Signed, tilted and dated in pencil on the verso. Provenance: private collection, Michigan.

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    • MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Missippi.
      Apr. 05, 2018

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Missippi.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Missippi. Brush, wash and brown ink on cream wove paper, 1965. 362x280 mm; 14 1/4x11 inches. Signed "Milton", titled "Missippi", dated and inscribed "Boston" in brown ink, lower right verso. Provenance: private collection, Massachusetts. This powerful drawing appears to be a tribute to the three CORE members, Civil Rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. Born in Milwaukee, Milton Derr first studied at the city's Layton School of Art. After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, he studied in the Independent Group of Painters and Sculptors in Tokyo, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. After earning his diploma in 1960, he joined the faculty in 1964 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and also taught at Tufts University.

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    • MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Katrina II.
      Feb. 14, 2013

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Katrina II.

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) Katrina II. Watercolor on smooth wove paper, 2005. 432 mm; 17 inches diameter (tondo). Signed, titled and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private Atlanta collection. This lush watercolor is one in a series of works on paper that the artist made in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Born in Milwaukee, Derr first studied at the city's Layton School of Art. After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, he studied in the Independent Group of Painters and Sculptors in Tokyo, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. After earning his diploma in 1960, he joined the faculty in 1964 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and also taught at Tufts University. His work has been featured in many exhibitions, including the African-American Master Artists in Residency Program at Northeastern University, and those at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Studio Museum of Harlem. His work is found in the collections of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, the University of Vermont, Putney, VT and Bentley College, Waltham, MA.

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    • MILTON DERR (1932 - ) New Orleans - After Katrina.
      Oct. 18, 2012

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) New Orleans - After Katrina.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      MILTON DERR (1932 - ) New Orleans - After Katrina. Watercolor on smooth wove paper, 2005. 495x660 mm; 19 1/2x26 inches. Signed, titled and dated in ink, lower right. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private Atlanta collection. This lush watercolor is the first artwork by this Boston painter to come to auction, and is one in a series of works on paper that the artist made in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Born in Milwaukee, Derr first studied at the city's Layton School of Art. After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, he studied in the Independent Group of Painters and Sculptors in Tokyo, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. After earning his diploma in 1960, he joined the faculty in 1964 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and also taught at Tufts University. His work has been featured in many exhibitions, including the African-American Master Artists in Residency Program at Northeastern University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Studio Museum of Harlem. His work is found in the collections of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, the University of Vermont, Putney, VT and Bentley College, Waltham, MA.

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