Resources
Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order:
New York, Willard Gallery, Morris Graves; Exhibition of Recent Work, Jan. 11-Feb. 5, 1944. Text by Duncan Phillips. Cat. no. 2 [as Bird with Seeds (Possessions); not for sale].
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fifty-ninth Annual American Exhibition, Water colors and Drawings, Nov. 4, 1948-Jan. 2, 1949. Cat. no. 115 [Bird with Seeds—Possessions; Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Nixon Griffiths, New York].
Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Drawings of Morris Graves (organized by the American Federation of Arts), Sept. 21-Nov. 2, 1975 (Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Nov. 17, 1975-Jan. 4, 1976; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Jan. 25-Mar. 7, 1976; San Antonio, Texas, Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, Mar. 28-May 9, 1976; East Hampton, New York, Woodhouse Gallery, Guild Hall, June 12-July 4, 1976; Charleston, West Virginia, The Charleston At Gallery of Sunrise, Aug. 1-Sept. 12, 1976). Cat. no. 13 [As Bird Guarding Possessions; let by Ms. Danna R. Dunning, New York].
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye, Apr. 9-May 29, 1983 (Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, July 1-Aug. 28, 1983; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept.15-Nov. 27, 1983; Oakland, California, The Oakland Museum, Jan. 18-Mar. 25, 1984; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Apr. 19-July 8, 1984; San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, July 24-Sept. 4, 1984). Text by Ray Kass and Theodore Wolff. Catalogue no. 46 [Bird with Seeds (Possessions); collection of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Dunning].
Seattle, 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., reproduced pl. 40, p. 78.
Published ReferencesIn chronological order:
Willard, Marian. "7 Years Old: The Willard Gallery," Direction (Feb./Mar. 1944), in Willard Gallery Papers, Archives of American Art, Morris Graves Scrapbook, microfilm reel NWI-1, reproduced [as Seeds (Possessions)].
Rubin, Ida. E., ed., with John Cage and Morris Graves. The Drawing of Morris Graves. Exh. cat. Boston: New York Graphic Society, in association with The Drawing Society, New York, 1974; pp. 60-61, reproduced [as Bird with Possessions; collection of Danna R. Dunning, New York].