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Serpentine

Serpentine

1955

Mark Tobey

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

Transparent and ppaque watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on board
29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. (75.6 x 100.3 cm)
Overall h.: 36 1/2 in.
Overall w.: 46 5/8 in.
Silver Anniversary Fund
58.114
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, M. Knoedler, Inc., "Mark Tobey Retrospective", April 10 - May 1, 1976 (04/10/1976 - 05/01/1976)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29 - December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, 3/19-4/29/79. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979)

Washington, D.C., "Selections for the Residence of Vice President Walter Mondale", March 1980 - April 1981 (3/1980 - 4/1981)

Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, "Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan", October 2 - November 28, 1982 (10/02/1982 - 11/28/1982)

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Contemporary Art: A Portland Perspective", November 28, 1984 - January 20, 1985. (11/28/1984 - 01/20/1985)

Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan Museum of Art, Organized by the California/International Arts Foundation, June 25 - September 1988 (06/25/1988 - 9/1988)

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, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Rolywholy Over A Circus", 9/12-11/28/93; Menill Collection, Houston, 1/94-3/94; Guggenheim Museum, 5/94-8/94; Mito Art Tower, Japan, 10-11/94; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 4-5/95 (9/1993 - 9/1995)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective From Northwest Collectors", December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971 (12/03/1970 - 01/31/1971)

Miami, Florida, The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection of Works from the Seattle Art Museum", December 1, 1975 - January 29, 1976. (12/01/1975 - 01/29/1976)

Spokane, Washington, Expo '74, "Our Land, Our Sea, Our Water", 1974 (1974)

United States Information Agency, "Eight American Artists", organized and shown by the Seattle Art Museum, 1957. European circuit: Copenhagen; Frankfurt; Berlin; Nuremburg; Munich; Hamburg; Essen; London; York; Bordeaux; Paris; St. Etienne; 1957-58. (1957 - 1958)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition 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 - 4/1960)

Port Townsend, Washington, "Fourth Annual Port Townsend Summer Arts Festival", August 22-25,1961.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Seattle Center, "Art Since 1950", April 21 - October 21, 1962. Circuit: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 1962. (04/21/1962 - 10/21/1962)

New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, "U. S. Government Art Projects: Some Distinguished Alumni", 1963. Circuit: Allen Memorial At Museum, Oberlin College, OH, 1963, Mercer University, Macon, GA, 1963, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 1963, Tacoma Art League, WA, 1963, Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D. C., 1963, State University of New York, Oswego, NY, 1963, Cranbroook Academy of Art Galleries, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1963, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1963, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1964, Pomana College, Claremont College, CA, 1964. (1963 - 1964)

The American Federation of Arts, "American Painting: The 1950'S" (#68-14), 1968 Circuit: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Wichita Art Museum, KS, Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Roberson Memorial Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, NY, The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH, University of Pittsburgh, PA, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (1968 - 1968)

Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon, "Inaugural Installation of the Jordan Mina Schnitzer American and Regional Art Gallery, January 21, 2005 - January 21, 2007
Published ReferencesKingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 57

Johns, Barbara. "Modern Art from the Pacific Northwest in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1990, no. 11, p. 15

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