Night Hedgerow Animal
Date1954
Maker
Morris Graves
American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Label TextIn the quiet of the Irish countryside, with the absence of urban noise, Graves re-captured that sensitivity to the night’s sounds that had once been so acutely developed in him. In this setting he imagined strange nocturnal creatures that lurked in the hedgerows around his old stone house.
"This has to do with the spirit of the night in Ireland, and it’s not whimsical." (Morris Graves, 1974)
Object number2009.52.27
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryWashington, D.C. the Phillips Colelction, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", 1983 - 1984Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions19 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (48.9 x 47.6 cm)
MediumInk on paper
Morris Graves
1932
Object number: 2009.52.106
Morris Graves
ca. 1932
Object number: 2009.52.107
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