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Morris Graves
Disintegrated and Reanimated1947

Not on view
Horizontal drawing in graphite, chalk, and yellow pastel on aged tan paper, depicting a bird's head with a hooked beak emerging from a flat, geometric object decorated with spiral motifs

Morris Graves, Disintegrated and Reanimated, 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Taft B. Schreiber bequest in memory of Charles Laughton, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Morris Graves
United States, Oregon, Fox Valley, 1910-2001
Title
Disintegrated and Reanimated
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1947
Medium
Tempera on rice paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 25 1/8 in. (39.37 × 63.82 cm) Image: 15 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (38.74 × 59.69 cm)
Credit Line
Taft B. Schreiber bequest in memory of Charles Laughton
Accession Number
M.81.142.3
Classification
Drawings
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