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Image Not Available for Consciousness Achieving the Form of a Crane
Consciousness Achieving the Form of a Crane
Image Not Available for Consciousness Achieving the Form of a Crane

Consciousness Achieving the Form of a Crane

Date1945
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number46.220
Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, The Bridgestone Gallery, "Retrospective Exhibition", June 4-July 8, 1957 (06/04/1957 - 07/08/1957) Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, "Spiritualism In Northwest Art", July 20-August 29, 1982. (07/20/1982 - 08/29/1982) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, IA, 3/19-4/29/79 (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979) Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Morris Graves", November 2-30, 1971(11/02/1971 - 11/30/1971) Tacoma, Washington, University of Puget Sound Kittredge Gallery, "Northwest Art", 1969 (1969) Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, "Morris Graves: A Retrospcetive", February 8-March 13, 1966 (02/08/1966 - 03/13/1966) Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona, "The Bird In Art", November 7, 1964-January 3, 1965. (11/07/1964 - 01/03/1965) University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Northwest Art", 1963 (1963) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Art and Asia In The West: An Exhibition To Illustrate Varied Aspects of Asian Traditions and Their Importance For Art In The West", October 28-December 1, 1957 (10/28/1957 - 12/01/1957) Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, [NORTHWEST ARTISTS], 1950. Michigan Circuit: Michigan State College, East Lansing, 1950; Albion College, 1950; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hils, 1951; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1951; Saginaw Museum, 1951; Flint Institute of Arts, 1951; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951 (1950 - 1951) The Art Institute of Chicago, "Fifty-Ninth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings", November 4, 1948-January 2, 1949 (11/09/1948 - 01/02/1949) California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, "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) Mills College, Oakland, California, 1948 (1948) The Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Lousiana, "The World Of Art in 1910", (50th anniversary exhibition), November 15-December 31, 1960. (11/15/1960 - 12/31/1960)Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, "Camille Patha: Geography of Desire", Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, 2007, pp. 50
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions42 3/4 x 24 5/8 in. (108.6 x 62.6 cm)
MediumGouache on paper
Spring
Morris Graves
1950
Object number: 55.72
Moon Rising
Morris Graves
1943
Object number: 46.218
Photo: Paul Macapia
Morris Graves
1943
Object number: 46.222
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1945
Object number: 2009.52.18
Ceremonial Bronze Taking the Form of a Bird
Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 48.47
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1944
Object number: 59.175
Mountain Flowers
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 58.46
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 48.46
Summer Flowers for Denise
Morris Graves
1978
Object number: 78.73
Mt. Meru in the Kali-Yuga
Morris Graves
1993
Object number: 94.156
The Devolution of Mt. Meru
Morris Graves
1993
Object number: 94.157
Bird #1 (The Small One)
Morris Graves
1969
Object number: 70.14