Bird Calling Down A Hole
Artist
Morris Graves
(American, 1910–2001)
Date1945
Mediumblack ink applied with brush with gouaches on textured cream laid paper
Dimensions47.9 x 27 cm (18 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Catton Rich
Object number1973.91
DescriptionAM/3/F-K Inscribed in graphite l.l., "Bird calling down a hole."; l.r., "MGraves." Inscribed in graphite on verso, u.l., "2-324-44/$100." Watermark: BEVERLY INGRES U.S.A.Label TextSelf-taught as a painter, Graves also studied Zen Buddhism. When he gained national recognition as a painter in the 1940s, he looked to Asian art for ways to approach nature more directly. He adopted Chinese and Japanese techniques, like the use of ink washes and thin mulberry paper. For much of Graves’ career he returned to the subject of the “Blind Bird” in paintings influenced by Mark Tobey’s calligraphy.
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