Pacific Cloud

Date1950

Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Object number51.45

Exhibition HistoryHouston, Texas, Contemporary Arts Association, "Marin, Tobey, and Graves", 1956 (1956) Detroit, Michigan, Artrain, Inc., "Unique Heritage: The West Coast", September 1, 1982 - October 11, 1983. Circuit: MIchigan, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska (09/01/1982 - 10/11/1983) 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) Spokane, Washington, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, "Mark Tobey Retrospective", 1968. (1968) 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) 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) American Federation of Arts, "Private Worlds", 1960-1961. Circuit: Schenectady Museum Association, NY, Davison Art Center, Middleton, CT, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Jacksonville Art Museum, FL, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, Fort Lauderdale Art Center, FL, Fine Arts Festival, Amherst, MA, Met. Fair and Exposition Authority, Chicago, IL. (1960 - 1961) Sacramento, California, California State Fair, 1956 (1956) Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, NEW ACCESSIONS U.S.A., 1952. (1952 - 1952) San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Retrospective Exhibition Of Paintings By Mark Tobey", March 31 - May 6, 1951. Circuit: Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 5/20 - 6/27/51, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, 8/16-9/9/51, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 10/4-11/4/51. (03/31/1951 - 11/04/1951) American Federation of Arts, "Cross Currents", 1958-1959. Circuit: Time, Inc., New York, 1958, Winston-Salem Public Library, 1958, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie), NY, 1958, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1959, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, 1959, Alabama College, Montevale, AL, 1959, Monticello Rotary Club, Monticello, NY, 1959, Montclair Art Association, Montclair, NJ, 1959, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1959, East Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 1959. (1958 - 1959)Published ReferencesBecker, Therese. "Uniquely American" to Tour the Golden State," in Art Education, Vol. 36, Jul. 1983, p.10-13.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions12 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (32.7 x 46.4 cm) Overall h.: 25 1/4 in. Overall w.: 30 1/4 in.

MediumGouache on paper