Jardinière of Crocus

1950

Morris Graves

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

Watercolor on rice paper

sheet: 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)

Gift of Sue Hauberg in honor of her mother, Anne Gould Hauberg

2015.10

Provenance: The 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: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

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]

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