Anamorphosis

Date1944

Maker Margaret Tomkins American, 1916 - 2002

Object number45.93

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Weird and Whimsical: Northwest Art from the Permanent Collection", January 4, 2001 - October 14, 2001 Seattle, Washington, Safeco Insurance Company, Safeco Plaza, "School, Of Art: Students and Teachers At The University of Washington 1920-1960"; Tracy Savage, curator and Matthew Kangas, guest curator. (04/01/1988 - 05/29/1988) Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, "Northwest Artists", 1946. (1946) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 31st Annual Exhibition For Northwest Artists", 1945 (1945) Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art League, 1948 (1948) Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, "Six Northwest Artists", 1950, and Michigan circuit (East Lansing, Michigan State College, 1950: Albion College 1950: Bloomfield Hills, Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1951: Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1951: Saginaw Museum, 1951: Flint Institution of Arts, 1951: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1951. (1950 - 1951) Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, "Art Of The Pacific Northwest From The 1930's To The Present", February 8 - May 5, 1974, and circuit to Seattle Art Museum, July 12 - August 25, and Portland Art Museum, Oregon, September 17 - October 13, 1974 (1974) New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery, "Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947", 1977 (03/06/1977 - 04/24/1977) Pullman, Washington, Museum of Art, Washington State University, "Margaret Tompkins: A Retrospective Exhibition 1943 To The Present", 1977-1978 (11/20/1977 - 01/20/1978) Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, "Regional Art: 1940-1962", 1983 (04/09/1983 - 05/08/1983) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Views and Visions In The Pacific Northwest" June 7 - September 2, 1990, (06/07/1990 - 09/02/1990) Los Angeles, California, Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, "Women Artists Of The West",10/14/95-1/28/96; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, 3/2-5/2/96; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 6/29-9/29/96; Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 10/26/96-1/19/97 (10/14/1995 - 01/19/1997) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29, 1978 - January 20, 1978 (06/29/1978 - 01/20/1978)Published ReferencesMathews, Richard, Tampa Review 41: A Gellery of Literary and Visual Art In Print for 47 Years, University of Tampa Press, 2011, pg. 58 Kangas, Matthew, "Camille Patha: Geography of Desire", Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, 2007, pp. 35 Conkleton, Sheryl et al. "What it Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century." Seattle, WA: Henry Art Gallery, 2000, illus. p. 11 Johns, Barbara. "Modern Art from the Pacific Northwest in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1990, no. 10, p. 13 Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 79

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions17 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. (44.2 x 55.3 cm)

MediumInk and egg tempera on board