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Amaranth

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Amaranth

1966

Leo Kenney

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

The amaranth is a richly colored and never- fading bloom. It figures in poetry and fable, from Aesop and John Milton, to John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as a symbol of constancy and immortality.
Gouache on Chinese paper
28 3/8 × 27 7/8 in. (72.1 × 70.8 cm)
Gift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2009.52.55
Provenance: Marian Willard Johnson, New York; 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 12, 1973

Boston, Massachusetts, Institute of Contemporary Art, "Northwest Visionaries", July 7 - September 9, 1981

Seattle, Washington, Security Pacific Bank, "The Betty Bowen Legacy" November 12, 1992 - January 24, 1993

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

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