Ceremonial Bronze

1947

Morris Graves

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

Charcoal or dry pigment and opaque watercolor on paper

13 x 20 in. (33 x 50.8 cm)

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

2009.52.22

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

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

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