Live Auction 2220Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session
Christie’s roundel
Lot 188 Property from the Collection of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, Sold to Benefit the Merce Cunningham Trust

Morris Graves (1910-2001)

Bird on Rock

Closed11 November 2009

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USD 62,500

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Morris Graves (1910-2001)
Bird on Rock
signed with initial, inscribed and dated 'Dear Xenia + John Rock -- aug. 1, 43 AFFECTIONATELY M.' (Upper and lower edge)
gouache and ink on paper
26¾ x 30½ in. (68 x 77.5 cm.)
Painted in 1943.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner