Jardinière of Crocus

Date1950

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

Object number2015.10

ProvenanceThe artist; to [Elizabeth Bayley Willis, 1950]; sold to John and Anne Gould Hauberg, August 13, 1950; by gift from Anne Gould Hauberg to her executor designee, Tom Mansfield, Seattle; sold to Sue Hauberg for Seattle Art Museum, February 24, 2014

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryBainbridge Island, Washington, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Festival, 1967. No catalogue. Olympia, Washington State Capitol, extended loan 1968. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Morris Graves: An Exhibition Organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, Nov. 2-30, 1971. No cat. no. [as Crocus, undated].Published ReferencesCf., Kass, Ray. Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye. Exh. cat. New York: George Braziller, Inc. for The Phillips Collection; p. 54 [re: the Jardinière or Bouquets series, done at Careladen, Woodway, Washington]

Credit LineGift of Sue Hauberg in honor of her mother, Anne Gould Hauberg

Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (29.2 x 31.8 cm) frame: 22 x 22 1/8 in. (55.9 x 56.2 cm)

MediumWatercolor on rice paper