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Working Man

Working Man

1942

Mark Tobey

born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Gouache on board
43 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (110.5 x 69.9 cm)
Overall h.: 45 in.
Overall w.: 29 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
42.33
Provenance: The artist; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1942
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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).]

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