Artworks · Morris Graves

Bird Calling Down a Hole

1950 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with charcoal, on ivory laid paper

30 × 30.2 cm (11 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Individual State of the World

1947 · Tempera on mulberry paper

30 1/4 x 24 7/8" (76.8 x 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Joyous Young Pine

1944 · Watercolor and gouache on paper on fabric

53 5/8 x 27" (136.2 x 68.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bat Dancing for a Slug

1943 · Watercolor and gouache on mulberry paper

23 7/8 x 29 3/4" (60.9 x 75.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Crow

1942 · Charcoal on paper

26 7/8 x 17 7/8" (68.4 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Owl of the Inner Eye

1941 · Tempera on transparentized paper

20 5/8 x 36 5/8" (52.6 x 93 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Unnamed Bird of the Inner Eye

1941 · Tempera and gouache on transparentized paper

composition: 19 3/8 × 30 1/2" (49.2 × 77.5 cm); sheet: 22 × 34" (55.9 × 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Little-Known Bird of the Inner Eye

1941 · Tempera on transparentized paper

20 3/4 x 36 5/8" (52.8 x 93.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fledgling

1940 · Gouache and watercolor on mulberry paper

10 3/8 x 21 3/4" (26.3 x 55.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blind Bird

1940 · Gouache and watercolor on mulberry paper

30 1/8 x 27" (76.5 x 68.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nestling

1940 · Gouache and watercolor on mulberry paper

26 3/4 x 29 7/8" (68 x 76.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bird Singing in the Moonlight

1938 · Tempera and watercolor on mulberry paper

26 3/4 x 30 1/8" (68 X 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Roman Nightfall Piece

1938 · Pencil and colored ink on paper

23 7/8 x 20 1/8" (60.6 x 51.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

French Nightfall Piece

1938 · Pencil and colored ink on paper

23 7/8 x 20 3/8" (60.9 x 51.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Snake and Moon

1938 · Gouache and watercolor on mulberry paper

25 1/4 x 29 5/8" (64.3 x 75.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

German Nightfall Piece

1938 · Pencil and colored ink on paper

23 7/8 x 20 1/4" (60.8 x 51.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

English Nightfall Piece

1938 · Pencil and colored ink on paper

23 7/8 x 20 3/8" (60.7 x 51.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In the Moonlight

1938 · Tempera and watercolor on mulberry paper

25 x 30 1/8" (63.5 x 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Bouquet

1930 · Watercolor and gouache on paper

48 × 31.8 cm (18 15/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fledgling

1930 · Graphite, with touches of brush and gray wash, on cream wove paper, prepared with yellow wash

77.7 × 65.6 cm (30 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago