Cup and Condition
Type:Painting
Year:1944
Size:20.00" x 26.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Signed
Morris Graves ART FOR SALE
1910 Fox Valley, Oregon - 2001 Loleta, California. Known for: Abstract, symbolic painting-birds, still life, insects and animals.
The following obituary is from The New York Times, by Holland Cotter:. Morris Graves, an artist whose paintings of wounded birds and supernaturally radiant flowers combined the spirit of American... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, by Holland Cotter:. Morris Graves, an artist whose paintings of wounded birds and supernaturally radiant flowers combined the spirit of American Transcendentalism with Asian philosophy, and whose reclusive efforts to avoid what he called "the... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, by Holland Cotter:. Morris Graves, an artist whose paintings of wounded birds and supernaturally radiant flowers combined the spirit of American Transcendentalism with Asian philosophy, and whose reclusive efforts to avoid what he called "the machine- age noise of America" were the stuff of legend, died on Saturday at his home in Loleta, Calif. He was 90. Often associated with a group of painters from the Pacific Northwest, among them Mark... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, by Holland Cotter:. Morris Graves, an artist whose paintings of wounded birds and supernaturally radiant flowers combined the spirit of American Transcendentalism with Asian philosophy, and whose reclusive efforts to avoid what he called "the machine- age noise of America" were the stuff of legend, died on Saturday at his home in Loleta, Calif. He was 90. Often associated with a group of painters from the Pacific Northwest, among them Mark Tobey, Mr. Graves became an overnight sensation in 1942 when his work appeared in a show of new American talent at the Museum of Modern Art. At the time, he was living on an island in Puget Sound in a barely accessible clifftop house once described as a... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, by Holland Cotter:. Morris Graves, an artist whose paintings of wounded birds and supernaturally radiant flowers combined the spirit of American Transcendentalism with Asian philosophy, and whose reclusive efforts to avoid what he called "the machine- age noise of America" were the stuff of legend, died on Saturday at his home in Loleta, Calif. He was 90. Often associated with a group of painters from the Pacific Northwest, among them Mark Tobey, Mr. Graves became an overnight sensation in 1942 when his work appeared in a show of new American talent at the Museum of Modern Art. At the time, he was living on an island in Puget Sound in a barely accessible clifftop house once described as a cross between a fisherman's shack and a Japanese tea house. He had built it himself. It had no electr... Read full biography
Morris Graves - Art for Sale (10 available)
Mystic Young Bird Wagging Tail
Type:Painting
Year:1952
Size:13.50" x 17.80"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Wonderful classic Graves mystic bird on handmade paper in period Jensen Seattle carved frame mimicking bird’s prominent juvenile tail and flight feathers. Fresh to market, origin from Brian Callahan Collection 1970s.
Untitled Train
Type:Drawing
Year:1977
Size:21.00" x 29.75"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed Initials
Notes:
Created on Japanese paper. Gift from Morris Graves to current owner, artist Douglas Johnson, upon receiving an invitation to Johnson's 1977 exhibition, 'Obsidian Mountain'
"Winter Leaf"
Type:Drawing
Year:circa 1940s
Size:9.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Charcoal
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Morris Graves rendition of his "Winter Leaf"painting from the 40's. Signed in the lower right "M Graves". Charcoal and some pastel. Wonderfully framed in new walnut frame and matting with nameplate. Excellent Graves for your collection.
Fiver Persimmons, Five Jewels and Flowering Cabbage with Morning Glory
Type:Other
Year:1991
Size:28.00" x 31.00"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:90
Notes:
Nice combination, lithography, silkscreen and photolithography by Morris Graves dated 1991, with frame it is 32.5 by 37 inches . Good conditon
"Bird Drinking Out Of Fountain"
Type:Drawing
Year:1954
Size:29.00" x 38.50"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
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Set of 2 Masked Bird Drawings
Type:Drawing
Year:1960
Size:8.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Two graphite drawings on paper depicting birds by Morris Cole Graves (1910-2001). From the Masked Bird Series. Each signed lower right. Each sheet measures 9 1/4" x 7 3/4". Each frame measures 10 3/4" x 8 3/4".
Dismantled Fort 31
Type:Painting
Year:1937
Size:26.50" x 37.00"
Medium:Casein
Signed:Unsigned
Edition:WPA
Notes:
Graves, Morris (American, 1910-2001) Dismantled Fort #1, December 31, 1937 (WPA) Old Foster White Gallery Label and WPA label on verso.
Fig in Red Moonlight
Type:Painting
Year:1941
Size:27.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
This painting has great provenance.
Winter Flower
Type:Painting
Year:1954
Size:9.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Tempera
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Delicate, Subtle & Iridescent, yet a Powerful Statement! Float mounted on silk in fantastic custom frame.