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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Gothic Bird
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Gothic Bird

Date1952
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number2009.52.23
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Morris Graves", November 2 - November 30, 1971 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Morris Graves Show", summer, 1972 Boston, Massachusetts, Institute of Contemporary Art, "Northwest Visionaries", July 7 - September 6, 1981
Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (80 x 59.7 cm)
MediumTempera and wax on paper on Masonite
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