Agni

Date1982

Object number2014.25.25

Provenance[M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Oct. 27, 1982

Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Nancy Graves: New Sculpture: Temptations of the Imagination, the Last Series, Oct. 16 - Nov. 11, 1982. Cat. no. 18. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Sculpture: Three Decades, Nov. 15, 1984 - Jan. 27, 1985 Washington D.C, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Nancy Graves: A Sculpture Retrospective, Feb. 19 - Apr. 26, 1987 (Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth Art Museum, May 17 - July 12, 1987; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Aug. 29 - Oct. 25, 1987; Brooklyn, New York, the Brooklyn Museum, Dec. 10, 1987 - Feb. 29, 1988). No cat. no., reproduced p. 3. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4, 1999 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., p.180 reproduced pp. 118-119 (detail).Published ReferencesGlueck, Grace. “Art: Botanical Bronzes from Nancy Graves.” The New York Times, October 22, 1982, p. C22. Tully, Judd. "New York Exhibitions: Nancy Graves." Art World, New York, November, 1982, reproduced p. 6. Smith, Roberta. “Art: Four Formulas in Flux.” Voice, November 9, 1982, p. 78. Meyer, Jon. “New York: Graves at M. Knoedler.” The Art Gallery Scene, November 16, 1982, p. 4-5, reproduced p. 5. Anderson, Alexandra. "The New Bronze Age." Portflio 5, no. 2 (March/April 1983): pp. 79-83. Richard, Paul. "The Harmonious Memoryscape: Nancy Grave's Remarkable Sculptures at the Hirshhorn." The Washington Post, February 2, 1987, reproduced p. B1. Wilson, William. “Nancy Graves: Civilized Exotic at Work.” Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1987. Carmean, E. A. The Sculpture of Nancy Graves: A Catalogue Raisonné with Essays. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Fort Worth Art Museum, 1987, pp. 11, 88-89, reproduced p. 89. Larson, Kay. “Origin of the Species.” New York Magazine, January 11, 1988. pp. 56-57, reproduced p. 56. Galligan, Gregory. “Between Nature and Culture: The Nancy Graves Retrospective.” Arts Magazine, February, 1988. pp. 66-67, reproduced p. 67.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions73 1/2 x 59 x 51 in. (186.7 x 149.9 x 129.5 cm)

MediumBronze with polychrome patina