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Metamorphosis

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Metamorphosis

1948

Leo Kenney

born 1925, Spokane, Washington; died Seattle, Washington, 2001

The evolution of this densely symbolic painting may have paralleled Kenney’s thoughts of the passing of golden autumnal days into winter.
Ink and gouache on Chinese paper
9 3/4 x 23 1/4in. (24.8 x 59.1cm)
Gift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2009.52.46
Provenance: Captain and Mrs. John (Betty) Bowen, Seattle; Marshall and Helen Hatch, Seattle
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Leo Kenney Retrospective", November 3 - December 16, 1963

Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper", September 12 -- November 2, 1986

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "100 Years of Washington Art: New Perspectives", November 24, 1989 - February 11, 1990

La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, "Leo Kenny Retrospective: Celebrating the Mysteries", June 2 - October 1, 2000

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