Singing Bird

ca. 1940

Morris Graves

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

Tempera and wax on Masonite

Frame: 20 x 15 1/2 in. (50.8 x 39.4 cm)

Gift of David M. and Roberta R. Weinstein in memory of Max and Florence Weinstein

2017.19.2

Provenance: Max and Florence Weinstein, Seattle, Washington, possibly directly from the artist; to their son, David Weinstein, May 1968

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryEugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Morris Graves: A Retrospective, Feb. 8-Mar. 13, 1966. Cat. no. 28, not reproduced [dated ca. 1940].

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