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Ibis
Details
Morris Graves (1910-2001)
Ibis
signed 'MGraves' (lower right) and inscribed 'Ibis' (lower left)
tempera on brown paper
24½ x 30½ in. (62.2 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1947.
Ibis
signed 'MGraves' (lower right) and inscribed 'Ibis' (lower left)
tempera on brown paper
24½ x 30½ in. (62.2 x 77.5 cm.)
Executed in 1947.
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Edith G. Halpert Collection, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 14 March 1973, lot 195.
Acquired by the present owners from the above.
Edith G. Halpert Collection, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 14 March 1973, lot 195.
Acquired by the present owners from the above.
Exhibited
University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, September 1956.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Edith Gregor Halpert Collection, January-February 1960.
Tucson, Arizona, The University of Arizona Art Gallery, The Bird in Art Exhibition, November 7, 1964-January 3, 1965.
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, Image to Abstraction, September 1967, no. 24.
Washington, D.C., Department of State, extended loan, n.d.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Edith Gregor Halpert Collection, January-February 1960.
Tucson, Arizona, The University of Arizona Art Gallery, The Bird in Art Exhibition, November 7, 1964-January 3, 1965.
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, Image to Abstraction, September 1967, no. 24.
Washington, D.C., Department of State, extended loan, n.d.
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