Paul McCoole

Date1925

Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Object number63.105

ProvenanceBequest of Mrs. Thomas D. Stimson to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, June 23, 1963

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistoryChicago, Illinois, The Arts Club of Chicago, "Drawings 1916-1966", 1966 (1966) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibiiton From Northwest Collections", September 11 - November 1, 1959. Circuit: Portland Art Museum, OR, 12/59-1/60, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Co, 1/60-2/60, Pasadena Art Museum, CA, 2/60-3/60, M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, 3/60-4/60. (09/11/1959 - 04/30/1960) New York, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, "Mark Tobey", September 12-November 4, 1962. Circuit: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 12/11/62-1/13/63; The Art Institute of Chicago, 2/22-3/24/63 (09/12/1962 - 03/24/1963) Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts,"Mark Tobey Retrospective", March 20 - April 21, 1968 (03/20/1968 - 04/21/1968) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collectors", December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971 (12/03/1970 - 01/31/1971) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, PNAC Gallery, "Tobey Portraits", December, 1975 (12/1975 - 12/1975) Victoria, British Columbia, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, "Mark Tobey", January 14 - March 20, 1983 (01/14/1983 - 03/20/1983) New York, New York, Yoshii Gallery, "Mark Tobey Paintings 1920 - 1960", October 27 - December 17, 1994 (10/27/1994 - 12/17/1994) Paris, France, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, (Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan), "Mark Tobey", October 18 - December 1, 1961 Circuit: The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1/31-3/4/62; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1962 (10/18/1961 - 1962)Published ReferencesBalken, Debra Bricker. Mark Tobey: Threading Light. New York: Skira Rizzoli in association with the Addison Gallery of American Art, 2017; p. 62, reproduced pl. 16.

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Thomas D. Stimson

DimensionsSight height: 24 in. Sight width: 18 3/8 in. Overall h.: 33 3/8 in. Overall w.: 27 3/4 in.

MediumConte crayon on paper