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Photo: Paul Macapia
Search for the Morning
Photo: Paul Macapia

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
Still Life
Guy Anderson
1934 - 35
Object number: 35.90
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Guy Anderson
1962
Object number: 2012.15.3
Ascent and Fall in the Morning
Guy Anderson
1986
Object number: 97.9
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Guy Anderson
1950
Object number: 93.78
Photo: Susan Cole
Guy Anderson
1962
Object number: 63.88
Burial of the Son
Guy Anderson
1969
Object number: 84.98
Sharp Sea
Guy Anderson
ca. 1943 - 44
Object number: 44.1
Photo: Scott Leen
Guy Anderson
1935
Object number: 84.131
Whales Mating
Guy Anderson
1970
Object number: 83.166
Photo: Chris Eden
Guy Anderson
1959
Object number: 65.158
Guy Anderson
1970
Object number: 2009.52.1