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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Ceremonial Bronze
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Ceremonial Bronze

Date1947
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number2009.52.22
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Willard Gallery. New York, New York, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, Morris Graves: Reconciling Inner and Outer Realities (Arvada, California, Arvada Gallery for Arts; Fresno, California, Fresno Art Museum; Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts; New Britain, Connecticut, New Britian Museum of Art, Sept. 9, 1992 - December 31, 1993). Fresno, California, Fresno Art Museum, Fifteen Profiles: Distinguished California Modernists, Nov. 7, 1995 - Feb. 7, 1996. Stamford, Connecticut, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Morris Graves: Paintings 1931–1997, Mar. 13 - June 3, 1998.Published ReferencesDuBois, Daniel , "Morris Graves: Reconciling Inner & Outer Realities, 1932 - 1983 " exhibition catalogue
Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions13 x 20 in. (33 x 50.8 cm)
MediumCharcoal or dry pigment and opaque watercolor on paper
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