Bird with Minnow

1947

Morris Graves

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

ink and watercolor on brown toned Japanese paper, now mounted on paperboard

Sheet: 24 5/8 x 30 5/8 in. (62.5 x 77.8 cm)

Paperboard mount: 26 3/4 x 33 in. (67.9 x 83.8 cm)

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

2009.52.21

Provenance: with [Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, December 2, 1957-January 4, 1958]; [Willard Gallery, New York, by 1966-1972]; purchased by donor, 1972

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order:

Chicago, Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Graves, December 2-January 4, 1958. Reproduced on exhibition announcement [presumably for sale; consigned by Willard Gallery?].

{probably Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Morris Graves: A Retrospective, February 8-March 13, 1966. Catalogue no. 72 [Bird with Minnow, dated 1946; tempera, 24 1/2 x 30 3/8 in. Lent by Willard Gallery, not reproduced]}.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Morris Graves, July 21-Augus 13, 1972. No catalogue.

New York, American Federation of Arts, The Drawings of Morris Graves (Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, September 21-November 2, 1975; Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, November 17, 1975-January 4, 1976; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, January 25-March 7, 1976; San Antonio, Texas, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, March 28-May 9, 1976; East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, Woodhouse Gallery, June 12-July 4, 1976; Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston Art Gallery of Sunrise, August 1-September 12, 1976). Text by John Cage and Ida E. Rubin. Checklist no. 25; related text p. 84 , reproduced p. 85.

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye, April 9-May 29, 1983 (Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, July 1-August 28, 1983; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 15-November 27, 1983; Oakland, California, the Oakland Museum, January 18-March 25, 1984; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, April 19July 8, 1984; San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, July 24-September 4, 1984). Text by Ray Kass et al. Catalogue no. 83, reproduced.

New York, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, Morris Graves: Vessels of Transformation, 1932-1986, October 31-November 24, 1990 (Beaumont, Texas, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, February 8-March 27, 1991; Manitowac, Wisonsin, Rahr West Museum, April 14-May 22, 1991; Little Rock, Arkansas, The Arkansas Art Center, June 6-July 10, 1991; Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, July 26-September 15, 1991; Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Museum of Art, October 6-November 24, 1991). Catalogue no. 20, not reproduced [lender not identified].

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