RARE Morris Graves (American, 1910-2001) Lithograph on Paper of Pencil Drawing of Lone Duckling Professionally Matted & Framed - This piece is a lithograph on paper of a pencil drawing by Morris Graves. The drawing depicts a lone duckling, walking along with head held high. There is a signature and date in the lower right corner. The piece has been professionally matted and framed in a wooden frame. The piece (including the frame) measures 22.75" x 17.75". Morris Graves was one of the earliest American modernist artists, and is best known for using the muted tones of the Northwest environment, Asian aesthetics and philosophy, and a personal iconography of birds, flowers, chalices, and other images to explore the nature of consciousness. Works by Graves can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and others. There is a museum, The Morris Graves Museum of Art, which bears his name and contains a small collection of his works and much of his personal collection of works by other artists.