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Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

1949

Mark Tobey

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

Pastel on paper mounted on panel
27 x 19 in. (68.6 x 48.3 cm), sheet size
Gift of John L. Scott
52.151
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: Smashing Forms and Mark Tobey and Friends", November 16, 2002 - April 6, 2003

Palo Alto, California, Stanford University Art Museum, "20th Century Drawings", 1955 (1955)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective 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)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, "Seattle Art Museum Mark Tobey Exhibit", 1962 (1962)

Valparaiso, Indiana, Sloan Galleries, "Art of the Northwest Coast", 1962 (1962)

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, The Bon Marche, Mark Tobey Paintings From Private Northwest Collectors, April 23-May3, 1969. [Exhibition to benefit The Cornish School of Allied Arts].

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

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)
Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective From Northwest Collections", 1959, cat. # 128, ill.

Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective From Northwest Collections", circuit cat., 1960, cat. # 56

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, "Mark Tobey", William C. Seitz, 1962, cat. #57, pp. 90, 108, ill. p. 90

Sloan Galleries, Valparaiso, Indiana, "Art of The Northwest Coast", 1962, cat. # 23

Mizue, no. 689, August 1962

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, MARK TOBEY RETROSPECTIVE, cat., Intro. by Merrill C. Rueppel, 1968, cat. # 47, ill.

Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collectors", cat., Intro. by Betty Bowen, 1970, cat. # 55, text, ill.

The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade South, Florida, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection of Works From The Seattle Art Museum", cat., Intro. by Willis F. Woods, 1975, cat. # 15, p. 10, ill. p. 16

Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 46

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