Study for Brazilian Screamers/Letter to the Artist’s Mother
Date1932
Maker
Morris Graves
American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number2009.52.106
ProvenanceThe artist, Beaumont, Texas, to his mother, Helen Malson Graves (1876-1974), Seattle, Washington, probably around January-March 1932; returned to the artist, probably following the death of his mother, 1974; the artist's gift to Marshall (1918-2008) and Helen (died 1996) Hatch, Seattle, 1976; by bequest to Settle Art Museum, 2008
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Morris Graves and Seattle", November 1, 2001 - October 20, 2002Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
MediumTransparent watercolor and graphite on paper
Morris Graves
ca. 1932
Object number: 2009.52.107
Morris Graves
1935 or 1936
Object number: 2016.16