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Morris Graves Is A Major American Painter With Roots In The Pacific Northwest. Morris Graves: Selected Letters Draws On A Vast Cache Of The His Unpublished Correspondence, Dating From His Teenage Years Until His Death In 2001. Few Visual Artists Of Any Era Have Left Such A Rich And Wide-ranging Collections Of Letters, Which Makes This Body Of Work An Unusual And Valuable Document In American Art. The Graves Correspondence Is Remarkable For Its Scope, Variety, And Depth. Written To Many Correspondents Over Long Periods Of Time, The Letters Include The Artist's Reflections On His Art, The Art World, Philosophy (zen Buddhism And Vedanta In Particular), Architecture (graves Designed His Homes And Gardens), And Relationships With Family, Friends, And Lovers. Graves Himself Preserved Most Of The Letters, Or Copies Of Them, And Put No Restrictions On Their Use. Other Letters Come From A Wide Range Of Private And Institutional Sources.^ Among The Correspondents Are Graves's Family; Marian Willard, His Art Dealer; Richard Svare, His Companion In The 1950s; And Nancy Wilson Ross, Novelist And Buddhist Scholar. Other Notable Figures With Whom Graves Corresponded Are Poet Carolyn Kizer, Art Cr

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Author

Morris Graves; Vicki Halper; Lawrence M Fong

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295992143

Category

history

Subjects

Art, Literary Collections, Music

Rating

4.7 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14