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Date1954
Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Object number54.166
Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, "Pacific Coast Art: United States' Representation at the IIIrd Biennial of San Paulo", 1955-1956. Circuit: Pavilion of the Nations, IIIrd Biennial Sao Paulo, July-October, 1955, Cincinnati Art Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, San Francisco Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, MN. (1955) Venice, Italy, XXIX Biennale Venezia, 1958 (One of group for "Grand Prize for Painting, International Section"). (1958 - 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 - 04/30/1960) Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Art Museum, "Paths of Abstract Art", 1960 (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) 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, Modern Art Pavilion, TRIBUTE TO ZOE DUSANNE, March 24 - May 8, 1977 (03/24/1977 - 05/08/1977) 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) Detroit, Michigan, Artrain, Inc, "Unique Heritage: The West Coast", September 1, 1982 - October 11, 1983 Circuit: Michigan, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska (09/01/1982 - 10/11/1983)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (45.1 x 30.2 cm)
MediumGouache on paper
Universal City
Mark Tobey
1951
Object number: 70.89
June Night
Mark Tobey
1957
Object number: 57.179
Photo: Howard Giske
Mark Tobey
1952
Object number: 55.178
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1927
Object number: 34.150
Pacific Cloud
Mark Tobey
1950
Object number: 51.45
Mountain Landscape
Mark Tobey
1950
Object number: 51.46
Variations
Mark Tobey
1970
Object number: 71.59
Table and Ball
Mark Tobey
1936
Object number: 36.40
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1930
Object number: 36.41
Choir II
Mark Tobey
1954
Object number: 55.60
John R. Baillargeon House Murals, 1939-1940
Mark Tobey
1939 - 40
Object number: 75.77