Snake and Moon

Morris Graves · 1938–39

Before you is Snake and Moon — a drawing by the American artist Morris Graves, nineteen thirty-eight to nineteen thirty-nine. Watercolour, where the paper does the lightening — there is no white paint, only the sheet showing through. Graves was part of the Expressionism movement.

Medium Gouache and watercolor on mulberry paper · Dimensions 25 1/4 x 29 5/8" (64.3 x 75.3 cm) · Credit Purchase

Hanging beside it in Gallery 509: The Fountains, Landscape, Milpa Alta