Owl

Date1943

Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001

Object number46.222

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

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) Tacoma, Washington, University of Puget Sound Kittredge Gallery, "Northwest Art", 1969 (1969) Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center, 1948 (1948) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Bird Sanctuary", August 17, 1995 - February 11, 1996 (08/17/1995 - 02/11/1996) Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, IA, 3/19-4/29/79. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979) Olympia, Washington, Washington State Arts Commission, Governor's Office, 1969-71. (1969 - 1971) Artmobile (with Title III program grant), "The Northwest As Its Artists Have Seen It - Past and Present, 1968" (1968) Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Art Gallery, "The Bird In Art", November 7, 1964-January 3, 1965 (11/07/1964 - 01/03/1965) Saint Paul Art Center, Minnesota, "Paintings and Drawings By Morris Graves", 2nd Biennial National Drawing Competition, October 10-November 3, 1963. (10/10/1963 - 11/03/1963) Tacoma, Washington, University of Puget Sound, "Northwest Art", 1963 (1963) Western Association of Art Museums Circuit, "Morris Graves' Drawings", 1960-61 Circuit incl. Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, 4/2-4/28/61. (1960 - 1961) New York, New York, American Federation of Arts. Circuit: Time, Inc, 1958; Winston-Salem Public Library, NC, 1958; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1958; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1959; Art Alliance, Philadelphia, 1959; Alabama College, Montevale, 1959; Monticello Rotary Club, NY, 1959; Montclair Art Association, NJ, 1959; Cornell University, Ithica, NY, 1959; East Illinois University, Charleston, 1959. (1958 - 1959) San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Art In Asia and 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) Houston, Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, "Contemporary Calligraphers: John Marin, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves", April 12-May 13, 1956 (04/12/1956 - 05/13/1956) Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, "Northwest Paintings, Drawings and Prints, 1972" (1972) 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) Western Association Art Museum Directors, TRIO, 1950-51. Circuit: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1950; Tacoma Art League, WA, 1950; Los Angeles County Museum, 1950; Portland Art Museum, OR, 1950; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1951; Vancouver Art Gallery, B.C., 1951; Art Center of Greater Victoria, B.C., 1951. (1950 - 1951) Mills College, 1948. (1948 - 1948)Published ReferencesSeattle Review, 1987, ill. p. 51 Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 29 University of Puget Sound Kittredge Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, cat., "Northwest Painting", 1969, #34, ill. Medlin, Faith, "Centuries of Owls In Art and The Written Word" 1967, p. 82 University of Arizona Art Gallery, Tucson, "The Bird In Art", 1964, p. 80, no. 104, ill. p. 54 Saint Paul Art Center, Minnesota, "Paintings and Drawings By Morris Graves", cat., 1963, No. 12, ill. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Northwest Art', cat., 1963, No. 10, ill. p. 2 Preview, KLSN Program and Fine Arts Guide, September, 1962, p. 7 Art Quarterly, 24, no. 3, p. 307, Autumn, 1961 Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexica, Western Association of Art Museums Circuit, "Morris Graves' Drawings", April, 1961, cat. no. 21, ill. cover "New Work from Northwest Artists," Washington Education, November 1958, ill. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Morris Graves Retropsective Exhibition, 1948, cat., p. 14

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions30 1/2 x 26 3/4 in. (77.5 x 68 cm)

MediumGouache on paper