About the Artwork
A Chalice
1938 or 1939
Morris Graves
1910-2001
American
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Graphite, blue colored pencil, black and white chalk, and pigment on japanese paper
Image: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 inches (24.1 × 33 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
52.83
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Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: These two | cups are | very | beautiful [with an arrow pointing to cups on right]
Provenance
1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Morris Graves. Exh. cat., St. Paul Art Center. St. Paul, Minnesota, 1963, no. 2.
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Morris Graves, A Chalice, 1938 or 1939, graphite, blue colored pencil, black and white chalk, and pigment on Japanese paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 52.83.
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