Bars and Flails
Date1944
Maker
Mark Tobey
American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Label TextTobey once explained that this painting referred to Nazi concentration camps and to barbed wire on the battlefield.
Object number70.88
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 35th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, Oct. 5 - Nov. 6, 1949. Cat. no. 120 [as Rails], not reproduced.
Seattle, Washington, The Bon Marché, Mark Tobey Paintings From Private Northwest Collectors, Apr. 23 - May 3, 1969. [Exhibition to benefit The Cornish School of Allied Arts].
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections, Dec. 3, 1970 - Jan. 31, 1971. Text by Betty Bowen. Cat. no. 49, n.p., reproduced.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Traditions, June 29 - Dec. 10, 1978 (Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 19 - Apr. 29, 1979). Text by Martha Kingsbury. No cat. no., p.74, reproduced.
Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan Museum of Art, (organized by the California/International Arts Foundation), June 25 - Sept., 1988.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 to the Present, Sept.12, 1996 - June 1, 1997.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical, June 19 - Sept. 7, 2014. Text by Patricia Junker. No cat. no., p. 18, reproduced pl. 8.Published ReferencesKerry, Audrey, "Mark Tobey", "Puget Soundings", pub. The Junior League of Seattle, Inc., p. 11, October 1959
Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective From Northwest Collections", 1970, cat. # 49
Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 74
Kangas, Matthew, Bellevue Art Museum, "Paul Heald Selected Works: 1960-1982", , 1982, p. 8., fig # 9Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kerry
Dimensions22 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. (56.2 x 41.3 cm)
MediumTempera and pencil on composite board
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