Wounded Gull
c. 1944
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screenprint
Dimensions
image: 674 x 770 mm sheet: 722 x 945 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2230
Art Historical Context
**Wounded Gull** by Morris Graves, created around 1944, captures the artist's signature mystical vision in a striking screenprint medium. Measuring nearly 27 x 30 inches (image size), this large-scale work belongs to the National Gallery of's Reba and Dave Williams Collection, by the collectors. Graves, a leading figure in the Northwest School artists, drew inspiration from the Pacific Northwest's landscapes and spiritual solitude, often portraying birds as ethereal symbols of the human soul. The screenprint technique—using stencils to layer inks on paper—allowed Graves to achieve bold, textu...