Still Life

Date1947

Maker Spencer A. Moseley American, 1925-1998

Label TextMoseley was a Seattle-based artist who, like Wendell Brazeau, taught at the University of Washington and became an important exponent of modern ideas in the region. Both artists trained in Paris and witnessed the European avant-garde first-hand, bringing those ideas back to the Northwest and challenging artists to find individual languages in addressing issues of abstraction.

Object number47.157

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1947". (1947) Spokane, Washington, Holy Names College, "Art Exhibition For Annual Cultural Series, 1958". (1958 - 1958)

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (50.17 x 65.41 cm) Overall h.: 24 5/8 in. Overall w.: 30 5/8 in.

MediumOil on canvas