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Morris Graves
Spirit Bird1953

Not on view
Horizontal drawing in brown ink and gray wash on tan paper, depicting a crested wading bird in profile with a large round eye, standing in shallow water against a mottled golden-brown background

Morris Graves, Spirit Bird, 1953, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Regina K. Fadiman Trust, Stephen O. Lesser Trustee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Morris Graves
United States, Oregon, Fox Valley, 1910-2001
Title
Spirit Bird
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1953
Medium
Tempera and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Image and sheet: 17 x 29 7/8 in. (43.2 x 75.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Regina K. Fadiman Trust, Stephen O. Lesser Trustee
Accession Number
M.2001.181.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Dorfman, John. "The Zen of Painting: Morris Graves' mystical art is on view at LACMA." Arts & Antiques 39, no.4 (2016): 60-63.
Copyright
© Morris Graves Foundation

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