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Photo: Scott Leen
Metamorphosis
Photo: Scott Leen

Metamorphosis

Date1943
Maker Margaret Tomkins American, 1916 - 2002
Object number43.24
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, "The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000", April 22, 1999 - August 22, 1999 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "29th Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists", 1943 (1943) Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art League, 1948 (1948) Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, "Six Northwest Artists", 1950, and Michigan circuit: East Lansing, Michigan State College, 1950: Albion College, 1950: Bloomfield Hills, Museum of Crankbrook Academy of Art, 1951: Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1951: Saginaw Museum, 1951: Flint Institute of Arts, 1951: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1951. (1950 - 1951) New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery, "Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947" (03/06/1977 - 04/24/1977) Pullman, Washington, Museum of Art, Washington State University, "Margaret Tompkins: A Retrospective Exhibition From 1943 To The Present", 1977-1978 (11/20/1977 - 01/20/1978) Los Angeles, California, Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, "Women Artists Of The West", 10/14/95-1/28/96; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, 3/2-5/2/96; Museum of Fine Arts, Sante Fe, NM, 6/29-9/29/96; Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 10/26/96-1/19/97 (10/14/1995 - 01/19/1997)Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, "Camille Patha: Geography of Desire", Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, 2007, pp. 35
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm) Overall h.: 35 1/4 in. Overall w.: 40 3/8 in.
MediumEgg tempera on Masonite
Photo: Scott Leen
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