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Orpheus

Photo: Howard Giske

Orpheus

1952

Mark Tobey

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

Gouache on paper mounted on board
18 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (47.3 x 64.5 cm)
Overall h.: 25 3/4 in.
Overall w.: 31 7/8 in.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Corydon Wagner
55.178
Photo: Howard Giske
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, 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)

Paris, France, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, (Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan), "Mark Tobey", October 18-December 1, 1961 Circuit: The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1/31-3/4/62; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1962 (10/18/1961 - 1962)

Tacoma, Washington, Kittredge Art Gallery, University of Puget Sound, "Northwest Art",1963 (1963)

Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, "Two Hundred Years of American Painting", 1965 (1965)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, 1968 (1968)

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)

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)

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