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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Seed and Beyond II
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Seed and Beyond II

Date1964
Maker Leo Kenney born 1925, Spokane, Washington; died Seattle, Washington, 2001
Label TextAlthough Kenney’s paintings after 1962 are wholly abstract, their symbolism was deeply felt and their spell is even more intense than that cast by his self-referential allegorical pictures. Now the symbolism is universal and not simply personal. This intricate ovoid design suggests seeds deep within a living, expanding space. It is perhaps an embryonic form, or the cosmos.
Object number64.139
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Exhibition of Flower Paintings, 1964. Mount Vernon, Washington, Skagit Valley College, 1965. Olympia, Washington, State Capitol Museum,Governor's Invitational Exhibition of Washington Artists, 1967. New York, New York, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Award Winners Show, May 24 - June 25, 1967. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Leo Kenney Retrospective, 1973. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Map, Northwest Traditions, June 29 - Nov. 19, 1978. La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, Leo Kenney - Celebrating the Mysteries: A Retrospective, June 2, 2000 - Oct. 1, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Asian Affinities, Aug. 28, 1999 - Jan. 2, 2001. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse, Nov. 16, 2013 - Feb. 16, 2014 (New York, New York, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Apr. 12, 2014 - Sept. 28, 2014). Text by Barbara Brotherton. No cat. no., p. 36, reproduced fig. 11.Published ReferencesBrotherton, Barbara. Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse. Exh. Cat. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2013-14; p. 36, reproduced fig. 11 [not in exhibition].
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensionssheet: 19 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (49.5 x 38.4 cm) mount: 20 7/8 x 16 5/8 in. (53 x 42.2 cm)
MediumGouache on Chinese paper mounted on painted composite board
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
Leo Kenney
1966
Object number: 68.20
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1962
Object number: 2009.52.52
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
Leo Kenney
1963
Object number: 65.108
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1953
Object number: 66.87
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1948
Object number: 2009.52.46
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1953
Object number: 2012.15.16
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1962
Object number: 2009.52.54
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1966
Object number: 2009.52.55
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1971
Object number: 2009.52.56
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
Leo Kenney
1945
Object number: 85.199
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Leo Kenney
1945
Object number: 45.52
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
Leo Kenney
1947
Object number: 90.56