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1950

Morris Graves

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

Gouache on paper
Overall: 18 1/2 × 13 1/4in. (47 × 33.7cm)
Frame: 17 3/4 × 22 3/4in. (45.1 × 57.8cm)
Gift of Mrs. Prentice Bloedel
55.72
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Morris Graves and Seattle", November 1, 2001 - October 20, 2002

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Green Party", March 9 - August 16, 1998 (03/09/1998 - 08/16/1998)

Sacramento, California, State Fair, 1956 (1956)

Tokyo, Japan, The Bridgestone Gallery, "Retrospective Exhibition", June 4-July 8, 1957. (06/04/1957 - 07/08/1957)

Western Association Museum Directors Circuit: "Morris Graves' Drawings", 1960-1961

Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, "Flower Painting Exhibition", 1964 (1964)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, Iowa March 19 - April 29, 1979. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979)

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", April 9-May 29, 1983. Circuit: Greenville County Museum of Art, SC, 7/1-8/28/83; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 9/15-11/27/83; The Oakland Museum, CA, 1/18-3/25/84; Seattle Art Museum, WA, 4/19-7/8/84; San Diego Museum of Art, CA, 7/24-9/4/84. (04/09/1983 - 09/04/1984)

Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", October 2 - November 28, 1982 (10/02/1982 - 11/28/1982)
Published ReferencesRead, H., "A Concise History of Modern Painting: 1959", p. 314, no. 160

Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, Western Association of Art Museums Circuit, "Morris Graves' Drawings", April, 1961, cat. no. 20, ill. last page

Johnson, Dana F., "A Humanistic Study of Art Of Elementary Schools", 1970

Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 66

National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", 1982, ill. p. 46

The Phillips Collection, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", Ray Kass, publ. George Braziller, 1983, cat. #90, ill.; p. 54

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