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Asian Bloom

Date1945

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

Object number46.219

ProvenancePurchased by Dr. Richard Fuller for the Seattle Art Museum, November 1946, as accession to Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection; placed on extended loan with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fisher (1906-1999), Seattle, and credit line changed, 1959-probably April 1998; returned to Seattle Art Museum

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order: Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Ten Painters of the Pacific Northwest, tour October 1947-March 1948 (Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy; Albany, New York, Albany Institute of History and Art; Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery; Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Art Museum; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute). Text by Harris K. Prior. Catalogue no. 24, p. 10. San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Morris Graves Retrospective Exhibition, May 21-June 29, 1948 (Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July 4-31, 1948; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 7-September 6, 1948). No catalogue number, checklist p. 17. Tokyo, Japan, The Bridgestone Gallery, [Morris Graves] Retrospective Exhibition, June 4-July 8, 1957 {No catalogue}. Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Morris Graves: A Retrospective, February 8-March 13. 1966. Catalogue no. 64. Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, Northwest Traditions, June 29-December 10, 1978 (Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, March 19-April 19, 1979). No catalogue number, listed p. 103. Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Spiritualism in Northwest Art, July 20-August 29, 1982 {Catalogue?} Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye, April 9-May 29, 1983 (Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, July 1-August 28, 1983; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 15-November 27, 1983; Oakland, California, The Oakland Museum, January 18-March 25, 1984; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, April 19-July 8, 1984; San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, July 24-September 4, 1984). Text by Ray Kass and Theodore Wolff. Catalogue no. 74, reproduced. Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Morris Graves: Flowering, March 1, 1996-August 4, 1996. No catalogue. Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan Museum of Art, Influence of Chinese Art on Recent Modern Art of the West Coast of the United States, June 25, 1988-September (date not given), 1988. {Catalogue?} Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Asian Affinities, August 28, 1999-January 2, 2001. No catalogue. Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Morris Graves and Seattle, November 1, 2001-October 20, 2002. No catalogue. Published ReferencesIn chronological order: Wolff, Theodore. “Morris Graves: An Appreciation,” in Sky of the Mind: Morris Graves, 1937-1987 (New York: Schmidt-Bingham Gallery, 1988), p. 12.

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fisher

Dimensions42 5/8 x 25 in.

Mediumopaque watercolor on two sheets, light weight, laminated papers, originally toned yellow green and blue, now faded to yelloe and gray, 42 5/8 x 25 in. .