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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Young Sea Bird
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Young Sea Bird

Date1954
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number95.56
Provenancethe artist; by gift to the artist's brother, E Lyman Graves, Jr.; to the artist's nephew, Donald Graves; by gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1995
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Bird Sanctuary, August 17, 1995 - February 11, 1996.Published ReferencesThe Drawings of Morris Graves. New York Graphic Society, 1974; pp. 118-19, ill.
Credit LineGift of the family of E. Lyman Graves, Jr.
Dimensions12 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (31.12 x 41.28 cm)
MediumInk on paper
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1943
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Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 48.47
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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1943
Object number: 2012.15.9
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Morris Graves
1944
Object number: 2009.52.17
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 2009.52.21
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Morris Graves
1969
Object number: 70.14
Bird #4 (The Multicolored One)
Morris Graves
1969
Object number: 70.15
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Morris Graves
1969
Object number: 70.16
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1944
Object number: 56.47
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1943
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1952
Object number: 2009.52.23
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1969
Object number: 2009.52.29