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Market Fantasy

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Market Fantasy

ca. 1940

Mark Tobey

born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Gathered in small groups like islands in the constant stream of people are the men for whom the Market is more than a place of gathering, almost a home. They live in the furnished rooms and rundown hotels, some of them habitués of Skid Road at night and the Market in the day.

-Mark Tobey, recalling the Pike Place Market, 1964

Tempera on paperboard
22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Gift of William S. and Janice K. Street in honor of the museum's 50th year
83.165
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000

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