Northwest Still Life

Date1941

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

Object number42.30

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "What It Meant to Be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", October 15, 1999 - January 23, 2000 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, one person exhibition, April 1942. (4/1942 - 4/1942) Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum, "The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism Into Abstract Expressionism, Works On Paper" 1938-1948, July 11 - September 14, 1986. Circuit: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 10/13 - 12/21/86; Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 2/21 - 5/3/87. (07/11/1986 - 02/21/1987) 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) Miami, Florida, The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection of Works From Seattle Art Museum", December 1, 1975 - January 29, 1976 (12/01/1975 - 01/29/1976) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective from Northwest Collectors", December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971 (12/03/1970 - 01/31/1971) Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX, MARK TOBEY RETROSPECTIVE, March 20 - April 21, 1968. (03/20/1968 - 04/21/1968) Renton Creative Arts Festival, WA, Invitational Exhibition, 1967. (1967 - 1967) 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) Portland Art Museum, PAINTINGS BY MARK TOBEY, 1945. Circuit: San Francisco Museum of Art, CA, 1945; Detroit Institute of Art, MI, 1946. (1945 - 1946) Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950. Circuit: Michigan State College, East Lansing, MI, 1950; Albion College, MI, 1950; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1951; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI, 1951; Saginaw Museum, MI, 1951; Flint Institute of Arts, MI, 1951; University of Michigan, 1951. (1950 - 1951) Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Mark Tobey: Threading Light, November 4, 2017-March 11, 2018 (Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, May 6-September 17, 2017). Text by Debra Bricker Balkan. No cat. no., pp. 83, 191, reproduced plate 36. Published ReferencesNewport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, "The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism Into Abstract Expressionism, Works On Paper" 1938-1948, cat., Paul Schimmel et al., 1986, cat. # 136. Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 102 The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade South, Florida, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection Of Works From The Seattle Art Museum", cat., Intro. by Willis F. Woods, 1975, cat. # 6, p. 9, ill. p. 18 National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D. C., "Art Of The Pacific Northwest From The 1930's To The Present", R. Griffin and Martha Kingsbury, 1974, p. 56, fig. 46 Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective from Northwest Collectors", cat., Intro. by Betty Bowen, 1970, cat. # 22, text, ill. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, "Mark Tobey Retrospective", cat., Intro. by Merrill C. Rueppel, 1968, cat. # 16, ill. Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Mark Tobey", W. C. Seitz, 1962, p. 20, ill. p. 21 Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections", 1959, cat. # 65 Portland Art Museum, "Paintings By Mark Tobey", 1945, cat. # 5 Balken, Debra Bricker. Mark Tobey: Threading Light. New York: Skira Rizzoli in association with the Addison Gallery of American Art, 2017; p. 83, 191, reproduced pl. 36.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions19 x 25 5/8 in. (48.3 x 65.1cm)

MediumTempera on board