Dancing Miners

Dateca. 1922-27

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

Object number42.19

Provenancethe artist; purchased by Richard Fuller for the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1942

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1927. New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary American Painters and Sculptors, December 1931 - January 1932. San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Retrospective Exhibition Of Paintings By Mark Tobey, March 31 - May 6, 1951 (Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, May 20 - June 27, 1951; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, August 16 - September 9, 1951; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 4 - November 4, 1951). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition of Northwest Collections, September 11 - November 1, 1959 (Portland Art Museum, Oregon, December 1959 - January 1960; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado, January - February 1960; Pasadena Art Museum, California, February - March 1960; M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, March - April 1960). Portland Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Mining In Art, 1960. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tobey's 80: A Retrospective from Northwest Collectors, December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Center Festival '71, August 13-15, 1971. Seattle, Washington, Rainier Club, 1976 - April 26, 1977.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions67 x 39 1/4 in. (170.2 x 99.7 cm) Overall h.: 70 in. Overall w.: 42 1/4 in.

MediumOil on canvas