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This is a complicated drawing, even for Morris Graves (1910-2001), known as the Mystical Painter of Nature.
Graves tried to be sensitive to the slightest tremor or breeze that a small animal might feel. In this work he shows a bird leaving a nest (still with four eggs) while seeming to looking back over its shoulder. The title, Abandon Nest, is an instruction along the lines of 'Leave Now,' and the creature has taken it to heart.
The image is enhanced by the lines of the nest that are actually on the back of the sheet -- they show though from the reverse.
The dimensions are for the sheet size.
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right, titled at bottom.
Provenance: Willard Gallery, New York, NY.
- Creator:Morris Graves (1910-2001, American)
- Creation Year:1950
- Dimensions:Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
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- Condition:This drawing is in exceptionally good condition for such a large sheet from mid-twentieth century.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU141026663822

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