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Drawing for Eagle of Inner Eye

Photo: Susan Cole

Drawing for Eagle of Inner Eye

1941

Morris Graves

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

Transparent and opaque watercolor on laid paper
10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (26 x 34.9cm)
Full sheet: 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.6cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
46.217
Photo: Susan Cole
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 Asian Art Museum, "Night Sounds: Nocturnal Visions of Mark Tobey and Morris Graves - A Northwest Summer", May 4, 2006 - October 15, 2006 (5/4/2006 - 10/15/2006)

Pullman, Washington, Washington State University Fine Arts Gallery, "Northwest Painters Invitational", April 14-May 4, 1975. (04/14/1975 - 05/04/1975)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Bird Sanctuary", August 17, 1995 - February 11, 1996 (08/17/1995 - 02/11/1996)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts, "Painters Of The Northwest School", 1969 (1969)

Renton, Washington, Renton Creative Arts Festival, "Invitational Exhibition", 1967 (1967)

Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, "Morris Graves: A Retrospective", February 8 - March 13, 1966 (02/08/1966 - 03/16/1966)

Valparaiso, Indiana, Sloan Galleries of American Paintings, Valparaiso University, Art of the Northwest Coast, January 28-February 24, 1962. Cat. no. 9. Exhibition listing. [Seattle Art Museum lent 27 paintings from permanent collection].

Washington Association of Museums Directors circuit, "Morris Graves' Drawings", 1960 - 1961 (1960 - 1961)

San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Morris Graves: Retrospective Exhibition", May 21-June 29, 1948. Circuit: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, 7/4-7/31/48; Los Angeles County Museum, 8/7-9/6/48. (05/21/1948 - 09/06/1948)

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