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Origin Myth (Descent)
Origin Myth (Descent)

Origin Myth (Descent)

Date1965
Maker Michael Spafford American, 1935 - 2022
Object number87.124
Provenance[Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, Wash.]; purchased by Mark Tobey, Seattle, Wash., 1965; gift of the Estate of Mark Tobey to the Seattle Art Museum, Oct. 5, 1987
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Wash., Otto Seligman Gallery, 1965
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Mark Tobey
Dimensions7 x 10 1/4 in. (17.8 x 26.1 cm), image and sheet size
MediumInk, oil stick, and mixed media on paper
Minotaur
Michael Spafford
1977
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1977
Object number: 80.35
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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1979
Object number: 98.3.46
Photo: Scott Leen
Robert Morris
1979
Object number: 98.3.37
Photo: Scott Leen
Robert Arneson
1977
Object number: 99.111
Photo: Mark Woods
William Cordova
2011-2013
Object number: 2014.12.1
Photo: Mark Woods
William Cordova
2011-2013
Object number: 2014.12.2