Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): M.Graves 43; inscribed (lower left): Bird in the Spirit (for Alfred Shaw)
[Willard Gallery, New York, until 1950; sold to MMA]
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 14).
Berlin. Rathaus Schöneberg. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," September 20–October 5, 1951, no. 31 (as "Vogelgeist").
Berlin. Schloss Charlottenburg. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," October 10–24, 1951, no. 31.
Vienna. Akademie der Bildenden Künst. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," November 3–18, 1951, no. 31.
Munich. Galerie des Amerika Hauses. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," November 24–December 14, 1951, no. 31 (as "Vogelgeist").
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Morris Graves," February 28–April 8, 1956, not in catalogue.
Washington, D.C. Phillips Gallery. "Morris Graves," April 15–May 8, 1956, not in catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Morris Graves," May 17–June 30, 1956, not in catalogue.
Des Moines Art Center. "Morris Graves," July 21–August 26, 1956, not in catalogue.
San Francisco. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. "Morris Graves," September 17–October 20 1956, not in catalogue.
Art Galleries of the University of California, Los Angeles. "Morris Graves," November 2–December 2, 1956, not in catalogue.
San Diego. La Jolla Art Center. "Morris Graves," December 15, 1956–January 15, 1957, not in catalogue.
Seattle Art Museum. "Morris Graves," February 6–March 3, 1957, not in catalogue.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Art in Asia and the West," October 28–December 1, 1957.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "200 Years of Watercolor Painting in America," December 8, 1966–January 29, 1967, no. 232.
San Antonio. Witte Memorial Museum. "Morris Graves Exhibition," May 11–June 1, 1969, no. 17.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, no catalogue.
Osaka. Japan World Exposition. United States Pavilion. "Images of America: American Painting," March 15–September 13, 1970, not in catalogue.
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Museum of Art. "American Watercolors, 1850–1972," January 16–February 13, 1972, unnumbered cat.
Mobile, Ala. Mobile Art Gallery. "American Watercolors, 1850–1972," February 22–March 31, 1972, unnumbered cat.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present," September 2–October 24, 1976, unnumbered cat. (fig. 298; as "Bird in Spirit").
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present," November 23, 1976–January 23, 1977, unnumbered cat.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present," February 20–April 17, 1977, unnumbered cat.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "Peinture américaine, 1920–1940 (Amerikaanse schilderkunst, 1920–1940)," November 10–December 30, 1979, no. 157.
Albany. New York State Senate. "Twelve Americans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 20, 1980, unnumbered cat. (p. 13; incorrectly reproduces MMA 54.115).
Washington, D. C. Phillips Collection. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," April 9–May 29, 1983, no. 47.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," July 1–August 28, 1983, no. 47.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," September 15–November 27, 1983, no. 47.
Oakland, Calif. Oakland Museum. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," January 18–March 25, 1984, no. 47.
Seattle Art Museum. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," April 19–July 8, 1984, no. 47.
San Diego Museum of Art. "Morris Graves: Vision of the Inner Eye," July 24–September 4, 1984, no. 47.
Mexico City. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo. "Octavio Paz: Los Privilegios de la Vista," March–June 1990, no. 272.
New York. Schmidt-Bingham Gallery. "Morris Graves, Mark Tobey," January 12–February 28, 1994, unnumbered cat. (p. 1).
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 97.
Dorothy Grafly. "The Weathervane: Two Centuries of American Painting." American Artist 18 (April 1954), pp. 42, 66.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, p. 167, ill.
Lillian Freedgood. An Enduring Image: American Painting from 1665. New York, 1970, ill. p. 353.
Marshall B. Davidson. The American Heritage History of the Artists' America. New York, 1973, p. 336, ill.
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. American Master Drawings and Watercolors: A History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to the Present. Exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Arts. New York, 1976, pp. 338, 432, fig. 298 (color).
Henry Geldzahler. Twelve Americans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., New York State Senate, Albany. New York, 1980, pp. 12–13, erroneously reproduces "Spirit Bird Transporting Minnow from Stream," 1953 (MMA 54.115).
Charles Demuth (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883–1935 Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
1928
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