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Date1950
Maker Morris Graves American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
Object number55.72
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Morris Graves and Seattle", November 1, 2001 - October 20, 2002 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Green Party", March 9 - August 16, 1998 (03/09/1998 - 08/16/1998) Sacramento, California, State Fair, 1956 (1956) Tokyo, Japan, The Bridgestone Gallery, "Retrospective Exhibition", June 4-July 8, 1957. (06/04/1957 - 07/08/1957) Western Association Museum Directors Circuit: "Morris Graves' Drawings", 1960-1961 Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, "Flower Painting Exhibition", 1964 (1964) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, Iowa March 19 - April 29, 1979. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979) Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", April 9-May 29, 1983. Circuit: Greenville County Museum of Art, SC, 7/1-8/28/83; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 9/15-11/27/83; The Oakland Museum, CA, 1/18-3/25/84; Seattle Art Museum, WA, 4/19-7/8/84; San Diego Museum of Art, CA, 7/24-9/4/84. (04/09/1983 - 09/04/1984) Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", October 2 - November 28, 1982 (10/02/1982 - 11/28/1982)Published ReferencesRead, H., "A Concise History of Modern Painting: 1959", p. 314, no. 160 Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, Western Association of Art Museums Circuit, "Morris Graves' Drawings", April, 1961, cat. no. 20, ill. last page Johnson, Dana F., "A Humanistic Study of Art Of Elementary Schools", 1970 Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 66 National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", 1982, ill. p. 46 The Phillips Collection, "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye", Ray Kass, publ. George Braziller, 1983, cat. #90, ill.; p. 54
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Prentice Bloedel
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 × 13 1/4in. (47 × 33.7cm) Frame: 17 3/4 × 22 3/4in. (45.1 × 57.8cm)
MediumGouache on paper
Moon Rising
Morris Graves
1943
Object number: 46.218
Photo: Paul Macapia
Morris Graves
1943
Object number: 46.222
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 59.167
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 2005.172
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1944
Object number: 59.175
Mountain Flowers
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 58.46
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 48.46
Ceremonial Bronze Taking the Form of a Bird
Morris Graves
1947
Object number: 48.47
Summer Flowers for Denise
Morris Graves
1978
Object number: 78.73
Mt. Meru in the Kali-Yuga
Morris Graves
1993
Object number: 94.156
The Devolution of Mt. Meru
Morris Graves
1993
Object number: 94.157