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Out of the Coulee
Out of the Coulee

Out of the Coulee

Date1946
Maker Carl A. Morris American, 1911-1993
Object number46.204
ProvenanceMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Prize (1946)
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000 Portland , Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Carl Morris Retrospective", September 23 - November 14, 1993, (09/28/1993 - 11/14/1993) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Views and Visions In The Pacific Northwest" June 7 - September (06/07/1990 - 09/02/1990) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-November 19, 1978 (06/29/1978 - 11/19/1978) American Federation of Arts, "Carl Morris (Retrospective)", circuited to Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, and others, 1960 - 1961 (1960 - 1961) Portland , Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Carl Morris: A Decade Of Painting In Portland", October 18 - November 16, 1952 (10/18/1952 - 11/16/1952) Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, "Ten Painters of the Pacific Northwest", circuited to Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany NY; Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore, MD; October 1947 - March 1948. (10/1947 - 3/1948) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "32nd Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1946" Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Prize (1946)Published ReferencesKingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 82 American Federation of the Arts, New York, "Carl Morris", essay by Grace McCann Morley, 1960, pp. 8-9, ill. Plate 5, cat. #5 Portland Art Museum, "Carl Morris: A Decade of Painting In Portland", 1952, cat. #9 Prior, Harris K., "The Art of the Pacific Northwest," The League Quarterly, 1949, vol. XXI, no. 2, pp. 22-23, ill. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, "Ten Painters of the Pacific Northwest", 1947, cat. #32, ill. p. 20
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, 32nd Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists
Dimensions26 1/4 x 36 1/4 x 1 in. (66.7 x 92.1 x 2.5 cm) Overall h.: 31 1/4 in. Overall w.: 41 1/2 in.
MediumOil on canvas
Composition No.11
Carl A. Morris
ca. 1943
Object number: 43.23
Woman with Cloth
Carl A. Morris
ca. 1939
Object number: 39.43
Rehearsal
Carl A. Morris
1945
Object number: 45.88
Industrial Village
Carl A. Morris
ca. 1939
Object number: 40.57
Still Life with Skull
Carl A. Morris
ca. 1940
Object number: 41.40
Burial of the New Law II
Morris Graves
ca. 1936
Object number: 73.4
New Icon
Morris Graves
1964
Object number: 70.23
Photo: Paul Macapia
Morris Graves
1933
Object number: 85.268
Duck
Morris Graves
ca. 1932
Object number: 63.136
Photo: Scott Leen
Morris Graves
1933
Object number: 33.219
Photo: Scott Leen
Morris Graves
1936
Object number: 36.33
Pinioned Gander
Morris Graves
1954
Object number: 96.79