Mouse Helping a Hedgerow Animal Carry a Prie-Dieu
Date1954
Maker
Morris Graves
American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Label TextGraves was surprised, he revealed, that such strong-willed and independent-minded people, who possessed a keen sense still of their own rich cultural mythology, should
be dominated by Roman Catholicism. Here a large hedgerow animal, representing the spirit of Ireland, carries on its back a prayer desk, and is led by the tail by a much smaller mouse, a metaphor for Rome.
Object number2009.52.100
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Morris Graves and Seattle", November 1, 2001 - October 20, 2002
Washington, D.C., the Phillips Collection, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", 1983 - 1984
Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "Northwest Impressions, Works on Paper", September 2 - November 2, 1986
Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, "The Creative Arena: Morris Graves' Studies", January 6 - February 24, 1991Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions10 1/8 x 35 3/8 in. (25.7 x 89.9 cm)
Frame: 17 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (44.8 x 108.6 x 3.2 cm)
MediumInk on paper
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