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Bird Searching for the Cliffs

Date:

1944

Artist:

Morris Graves
American, 1910-2001

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Morris Graves

Title

Bird Searching for the Cliffs

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1944

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on paper, laid down on canvas, laid down on silk and hung from wooden rods

Dimensions

Sight: 135.9 × 68.6 cm (53 9/16 × 27 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Kornblith in memory of their daughter Suzanne

Reference Number

1951.222

Extended information about this artwork

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