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First Seed into Last Harvest

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

First Seed into Last Harvest

1943

Kenneth Callahan

American, born 1905, Spokane, Washington; died 1986, Seattle, Washington

We reap what we have sown: allegories such as this one reveal Callahan’s deep
knowledge of sacred texts and the history of art. Whereas Tobey and Graves found their wartime symbols in their close observation of the world around them, Callahan looked to the mountain landscape of the Northwest to find means to amplify the lessons of history and biblical scripture that resided in his inquiring mind.
Tempera on canvas
14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
46.65
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition History{British Art Center exhibition, New York]

{Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery}

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical, June 19 - Sept. 7, 2014. Text by Patricia Junker. No cat. no., p. 30, reproduced p. 31, pl. 15.

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