Point Five - Vertical

1943

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

For me every day in the Market was a fiesta. But, alas, wars came; the old men I had learned to know died; more and more stalls were empty; the Japanese were sent away. . . . The years dissolve and I return to visit the Market. A few old friends remain. . . .There is the same magic as night approaches: the sounds fade; . . . prices drop; the garbage pickers come bending and sorting; the cars leave the street which reflects the dying sun. The windows are all that remain of light as the sun sets over the Olympics. A few isolated figures appear and disappear, and then the Market is quiet, awaiting another day.

-Mark Tobey, recalling the Pike Place Market, 1964

Tempera on paperboard

28 1/2 x 19 1/8 in. (72.4 x 48.6 cm)

Seattle Art Museum Purchase Prize in Watercolor, Tempera and Gouache, 29th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1943

43.100

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, 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)

Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, "Mark Tobey Retrospective" March 20-April 21, 1968

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "29th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists", October 1943. (Purchase prize in water color, tempura, and gouache) (10/1943 - 10/1943)

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Paintings by Mark Tobey", 1945. Circuit: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, 1945; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1946. (1945 - 1946)

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950. Circuit: Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1950; Albion College, MI, 1950; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1951; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI, 1951; Saginaw Museum, MI, 1951; Flint Institute of Arts, MI, 1951; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951. (1950 - 1951)

Bloomigton, Illinois, Withers Public Library, "Northwest Artists", 1951. (1951 - 1951)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Reytrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections", September 11 - November 1, 1959 (09/11/1959 - 11/01/1959)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Twenty Ninth Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists" 1943

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

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

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