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Sharp Sea

Dateca. 1943 - 44

Maker Guy Anderson born Edmonds, Washington, 1906; died La Conner, Washington, 1998

Object number44.1

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000 Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Northwest Mythology: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson", May3, 2003 - August 10, 2003 Portland Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Paintings and Sculptures Of The Pacific Northwest", June 13 - August 9, 1959. (06/13/1959 - 08/09/1959) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "30th Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists", 1944. (1944) Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, "Ten Painters Of The Pacific Northwest", October, 1947 - March, 1948. Circuit: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Albany Institute of History and Art, NY; Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Baltimore Art Museum, MD. (10/1947 - 3/1948) Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950. Michigan Circuit: Michigan State College, East Lansing; Albion College; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, 1951; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1951; Saginaw Museum, 1951; Flint Institute of Arts, 1951; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1951. (1950 - 1951) United States Information Agency, "Eight American Artists", organized and shown by the Seattle Art Museum, 1957. European Circuit: Copenhagen; Frankfurt; Berlin; Nuremburg; Munich; Hamburg; Essen; London; York; Bordeaux; Paris; St. Etienne; 1957-58. (1957 - 1958) Tacoma Art League Gallery, WA, GUY ANDERSON EXHIBITION, 1960. (1960 - 1960) Port Townsend Annual Art Festival, WA, 1961. (1961 - 1961) Gethsemane Lutheran Church Synod Convention, Seattle, 1961. (1961 - 1961) University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, NORTHWEST ART, 1963. (1963 - 1963) Seattle Art Museum, WA, NORTHWEST TRADITIONS, June 29 - December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, IA, 3/19 - 4/29/79. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979) Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA, NORTHWEST GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, February 15 - March 31, 1991. (02/15/1991 - 03/31/1991) Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, 4/12-7/28/96 (04/12/1996 - 07/28/1996) College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 1954. (1954 - 1954)Published ReferencesMunson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, "Ten Painters of the Pacific Northwest", 1947, cat. #1, ill. p. 18 Prior, Harris K., "The Art of the Pacific Northwest," The League Quarterly (journal of the Art Students League), Vol. XXI, No. 2 (c. 1949), p. 22, ill. p. 21 Portland Art Museum, Oregon, "Paintings and Sculptures Of The Pacific Northwest", 1959, cat. #10, ill. p. 13 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, "Northwest Art", 1963, cat. #30, ill. p. 6 Seattle Art Museum and Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, "Guy Anderson: An Appreciation", William Ivey, 1977, p. 10 Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 36 Francine Seders Gallery, "Guy Anderson", Bruce Guenther, University of Washington Press, October, 1986

Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Prize, 30th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1944

Dimensions30 x 38 in. (76.2 x 96.5 cm)

MediumOil on wood panel