MORRIS GRAVES MEGA RARE 1932 Early Works Masterpiece Signed Originals!

Description: We were recently consigned two MEGA RARE 1932 Early Works of MORRIS GRAVES Ink Wash on Paper Paintings /Character Study/Self-portrait/ Masterpiece, Fresh to the Market for serious collector or museum, Signed ORIGINALS! (the original owner received them as a gift from Morris Graves). They are 13 1/2”long and 11”wide (in the frame). With the best pictures possible I will let you make up your own mind of their condition. Please ask all questions before the auction ends. Thanks. Sorry, I can only sell to bidders with 100% Feedback rating with at least 3 years buying history on eBay. Thank you for looking and buying. No reproduction without permission in writing from the owner. PLEASE NOTE Please see photo’s and ask all questions PRIOR TO BIDDING or purchasing this item. Do not contact us with item questions after bidding or purchasing as this makes it unfair to other bidders who are 100% sure they want the item. 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Buyer pays return shipping and will not be refunded for it, unless the item is not as described or was damaged during shipping. We stand behind what we sell and will do whatever we can to make sure you are satisfied with your purchase. For our security, we photograph and record all serial numbers of items shipped and reserve the right to encode all products with micro stamping We try to respond to your questions within 24 hours during normal business hours M-F. We do not offer partial refunds. Prices are fixed by USPS, FEDEX, not us, we have no control of rates! ******************************* Please do not give us a low star rating or negative feedback without first discussing the problem! We work very hard to satisfy our customers and instill trust but sometimes things happen, we are only human! Truthfulness and honesty is our guiding business principle, but we are not perfect and we could miss something in our description. Email me to discuss problems and we will fix them. Please, please, please, do not give us a low rating prior to contacting me, our business is so dependent on a high star rating and we will do whatever it takes to satisfy our customers!!! ********************************* BE SURE TO ADD ME TO YOUR FAVORITE SELLERS LIST & SUBSCRIBE TO OUR STORE!!! PLEASE VISIT OUR STORE OFTEN, AS WE ADD NEW ITEMS EVERY DAY!!! MORRIS GRAVES (1910-2001) Morris Graves, a member of a group of artists who became known as the Northwest School of Visionary Art, was born in Oregon. When Graves was two years old, the family moved to Seattle. The spiritual bond to the culture and terrain of the Pacific Northwest that Graves forged as a child had a profound and lasting influence on his art. Brief service in the merchant marine at age seventeen took him to Asia, where he was able to experience an aesthetic approach far different from that of the Western tradition. Graves received his first formal art training while in high school in Beaumont, Texas. Returning to Seattle, he began to paint full time and received regional recognition in the annual exhibitions of Northwest artists at the Seattle Art Museum. Graves had his first national exposure in 1942 when 30 of his paintings were included in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. He traveled widely in Europe and in Asia and in 1954 settled in Ireland. Graves moved back to the United States in 1964, establishing a studio on the coast of northern California, where he stayed until his death. Graves’s art does not fit easily into accepted categories, for his style was affected by both regional and international influences. After being labeled a surrealist early in his career, Graves quickly abandoned most stylistic elements associated with surrealism. He did, however, remain committed to the surrealist credo that art should reveal the creator’s subconscious and serve as a means of psychic exploration. Another major force that shaped his art was his association with Northwest artist Mark Tobey, who introduced him to Zen Buddhism and other aspects of Asian culture. Zen, which offers a path to enlightenment through meditation, was of great importance to many artists in the Pacific Northwest and became a central theme in Graves’s art. Graves painted natural and recognizable forms that carried spiritual meaning, drawing on their potent symbolic power as well as their intrinsic beauty. He became know for gentle images of plants and animals that embody a spirit of transcendence. Duncan Phillips found Graves’s work the embodiment of a prophesy he had made in his 1931 book The Artist Sees Differently: “The trend in art will be toward a fusion of Orient and Occident…art which hints at a universal aesthetic language, aiming at the universal…”

Price: 990 USD

Location: Moscow, Idaho

End Time: 2024-01-01T06:20:56.000Z

Shipping Cost: 29 USD