Working Man

Date1942

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

Object number42.33

ProvenanceThe artist; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1942

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, California, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings By Mark Tobey, Mar. 31 - May 6, 1951 (Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, May 20 - June 27, 1951; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Aug. 16 - Sept. 9, 1951; New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Oct. 4 - Nov. 4, 1951). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Coast Painters' Show, 1947 (WAAM circuit). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Mark Tobey Retrospective, Apr. 8 - May 3, 1942. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections, Sept. 11 - Nov. 1, 1959 (Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Dec. 1959 - Jan. 1960; Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Jan. - Feb. 1960; Pasadena, California, Pasadena Art Museum, Feb. - Mar. 1960; San Francisco, California, M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, Mar. - Apr. 1960). Cat. no. 86. Seattle, Washington, Gethsemane Lutheran Church Synod Convention, 1961. Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum Mark Tobey Exhibition, 1962. Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, [Figure Painting Exhibition], 1962. Seattle, Washington, City of Seattle, 1970. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collectors, Dec. 3, 1970 - Jan. 31, 1971. Cat. no. 45, reproduced. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Traditions, June 29 - Dec. 10, 1978 (Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, Mar. 19 - Apr. 29, 1979. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tobey And The Public Market, Oct. - Nov. 1981. Spokane, Washington, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Mark Tobey: A New Look, Feb. 19 - Mar. 27, 1988. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesKingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 71 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections", cat., Intro. by Betty Bowen, 1970, cat. # 45, text, ill. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective From Northwest Collections", circuit cat., 1960, cat. # 41 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective From Northwest Collections", 1959, cat. # 86 Pierce, Jerald. "How Seattle Art Museum is working to make its American art galleries more inclusive." The Seattle Times, October 25, 2022: reproduced, https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/how-seattle-art-museum-is-working-to-make-its-american-art-galleries-more-inclusive. [A version of this article appeared in print on October 30 with the headline: "Re-imagining American art: Seattle Art Museum offers a more expansive, inclusive look at U.S. art" (not reproduced).]

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions43 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (110.5 x 69.9 cm) Overall h.: 45 in. Overall w.: 29 in.

MediumGouache on board