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Date1941
Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Object number42.21
Provenancethe artist; purchased by Richard Fuller for the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1942
Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, College of Puget Sound, Mark Tobey Drawings and Paintings, 1942. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, one person exhibtion, April 1942. Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Paintings By Mark Tobey, 1945 (San Francisco Museum of Art, California,1945; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1946. Spokane, Washington, Holy Names College, Art Exhibition For Annual Cultural Series, 1958. Seattle Art Museum, Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition From 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. Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum Mark Tobey Exhibition, 1962. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tobey's 80: A Retrospective from Northwest Collectors, December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions19 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (49.9 x 39.4 cm) Overall h.: 24 7/8 in. Overall w.: 20 7/8 in.
MediumOil on board
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1928
Object number: 2014.5
Appearances in Time
Mark Tobey
1962
Object number: 87.16
English Still Life with Plaster Head
Mark Tobey
1933
Object number: 83.57
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mark Tobey
1946
Object number: 69.79
Gothic
Mark Tobey
1943
Object number: 75.35
Choir II
Mark Tobey
1954
Object number: 55.60
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1967
Object number: 67.119
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1944
Object number: 70.88
Untitled Calligraphy
Mark Tobey
1953
Object number: 70.90
Winter Patterns III
Mark Tobey
1961
Object number: 70.91
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1941-1943
Object number: 50.90
Serpentine
Mark Tobey
1955
Object number: 58.114