Lot 45
  • 45

MORRIS GRAVES | Bird Drinking out of Fountain

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Morris Graves
  • Bird Drinking out of Fountain
  • signed Graves and dated '54 (lower right)
  • ink and wash on paper
  • 26 by 36 inches
  • (66 by 91.4 cm)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. McBride, Loleta, California 
Stewart Galleries, Palm Springs, California
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Palm Springs, California, The Palm Springs Desert Museum, Northern Ten, February-March 1969, illustrated, n.p.

Condition

The sheet is resting in photo corners and there are pinholes at the upper corners. There are several scattered thin scratches to the sheet.
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