Summer Still Life

ca. 1935

born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001

Oil on burlap

44 x 39 in. (111.76 x 99.06 cm)

Purchased in memory of Solomon Katz with funds from the Estate of Mark Tobey and contributions by friends of Solomon Katz

89.187

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWashington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Visions of the Inner Eye, July 1 - Aug. 28, 1983 (New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept. 14 - Nov. 27, 1983; Oakland, California, The Oakland Museum of Art, Jan. 18 - Mar. 25 1984; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Apr. 19 - July 8, 1984).

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Views and Visions In The Pacific Northwest, June 7 - Sept. 2, 1990.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Morris Graves and Seattle, Nov. 1, 2001 - Oct. 20, 2002.

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Northwest Mythology: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson, May 3 - Aug. 10, 2003.

Published ReferencesWolff, Theodore F. Morris Graves: The Early Works (La Conner, Washington: Museum of Northwest Art, 1998); pp. 56-57, reproduced.

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