Search for the Morning
Date1950-52
Maker
Guy Anderson
born Edmonds, Washington, 1906; died La Conner, Washington, 1998
Label TextPainting in a manner that looks like an ancient mosaic, Anderson has presented the idea of the search for enlightenment as universal symbols -- as the reader and the dreamer and the rider who clings to the spirited horse of fate.
Object number89.191
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Seattle Art Museum, Guy Anderson: Northwest Master, Aug. 22, 1996-March 2, 1997. Text by Martha Kingsbury. No cat. no., reproduced.
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Views and Visions In The Pacific Northwest", June 7-Sept. 2, 1990.
Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Northwest Mythology: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson", May 3- Aug. 10, 2003.
Credit LineGift of Mr. Edward L. Cushman
Dimensions62 x 50 1/2 in. (157.5 x 128.3 cm)
Frame: 66 1/2 × 5 5in. (168.9 × 139.7 cm)
MediumOil on canvas