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Auction archive: Lot number 712

Morris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) MarshlandMorris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) Marshland

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$40,000
Price realised:
US$23,500
Auction archive: Lot number 712

Morris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) MarshlandMorris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) Marshland

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$40,000
Price realised:
US$23,500
Beschreibung:

Morris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) Marshland Signed and dated "Graves '54" l.r., titled in pencil l.l. (beneath the mat), identif ied on a label from the Willard Gallery, New York, affixed to the reverse. Sumi ink wash on paper laid down on paper, sight size 14 x 24 1/2 in. (35.6 x 62.2 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, soiling/staining, very minor losses. N.B. Born in Fox Valley, Oregon, in 1910, Morris Graves was a member of the Northwest Mystics along with Mark Tobey Guy Anderson, and Kenneth Callahan Traveling extensively as a merchant sailor in his youth and then again later on in life, Graves gained a deep knowledge of and interest in Eastern religion and spirituality within the natural world. In 1939 he worked on the Federal Art Project. Graves uses the traditional Eastern technique of sumi ink wash in this work on paper to capture the symbolic element of the water bird.

Auction archive: Lot number 712
Auction:
Datum:
7 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Morris Cole Graves (American, 1910-2001) Marshland Signed and dated "Graves '54" l.r., titled in pencil l.l. (beneath the mat), identif ied on a label from the Willard Gallery, New York, affixed to the reverse. Sumi ink wash on paper laid down on paper, sight size 14 x 24 1/2 in. (35.6 x 62.2 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, soiling/staining, very minor losses. N.B. Born in Fox Valley, Oregon, in 1910, Morris Graves was a member of the Northwest Mystics along with Mark Tobey Guy Anderson, and Kenneth Callahan Traveling extensively as a merchant sailor in his youth and then again later on in life, Graves gained a deep knowledge of and interest in Eastern religion and spirituality within the natural world. In 1939 he worked on the Federal Art Project. Graves uses the traditional Eastern technique of sumi ink wash in this work on paper to capture the symbolic element of the water bird.

Auction archive: Lot number 712
Auction:
Datum:
7 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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