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Photo: Scott Leen
Summer Still Life
Photo: Scott Leen

Summer Still Life

Dateca. 1935
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number89.187
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
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.
Credit LinePurchased in memory of Solomon Katz with funds from the Estate of Mark Tobey and contributions by friends of Solomon Katz
Dimensions44 x 39 in. (111.76 x 99.06 cm)
MediumOil on burlap
Photo: Scott Leen
Morris Graves
1934
Object number: 2023.11.188
Photo: Scott Leen
Morris Graves
1936
Object number: 36.32
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
probably 1933
Object number: 2009.52.101
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
ca. 1937
Object number: 2009.52.102
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1982
Object number: 2007.116
Summer Flowers for Denise
Morris Graves
1978
Object number: 78.73
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1944
Object number: 2009.52.16
Burial of the New Law II
Morris Graves
ca. 1936
Object number: 73.4
New Icon
Morris Graves
1964
Object number: 70.23
Photo: Paul Macapia
Morris Graves
1933
Object number: 85.268
Duck
Morris Graves
ca. 1932
Object number: 63.136