Still Life with Onions

Dateca. 1937

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

Object number2009.52.102

ProvenanceRober Bruce Invararity (1909-1999), Seattle, Washington; [Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, California, Contemporary Paintings, Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, Dec. 8, 1987, lot no. 1515]; {[Michael Rosenfeld Fine Arts, New York]}; sold to Marshall and Helen Hatch, Seattle, Washington, 1989; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2009

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, 100 Years of Washington Art: New Perspectives, Nov. 24, 1989 - Feb. 11, 1990. La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, Morris Graves: The Early Works, June 25 - Sept. 30, 1998 (Stamford, Connecticut, Whitney Museum of American Art, Mar. 12 - June 3, 1998; Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, Mar. 17 - May 16, 1999; Beaumont, Texas, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Sept. 9 - Nov. 30, 1999). Text by Theodore F. Wolff. No cat. no., pp. 58, 68, reproduced p. 59 [dated 1935]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Morris Graves and Seattle, Nov. 1, 2001 - Oct. 20, 2002. No catalogue.

Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions29 x 34 1/8 in. (73.7 x 86.7 cm)

MediumOil on canvas