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Little Bird with Large Mask

(American, 1910–2001)
1953
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink; black, red, and white body color on prepared gold ground
DimensionsSheet (sight): 41.3 x 33.7 cm (16 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Framed: 51.5 x 43.8 cm (20 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of John S. Newberry, Jr.
Accession number62.209
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned lower right: "Graves ‘53".
ProvenanceJohn S. Newberry, Jr., New York, NY; gift to MFA, February 14, 1962.
Copyright© Morris Graves Foundation
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