Metamorphosis

Date1943

Maker Margaret Tomkins American, 1916 - 2002

Object number43.24

Provenancepurchased by Richard Fuller for the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1943

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 29th Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists, 1943. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art League, 1948. Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Six Northwest Artists, 1950 (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). New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery, Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947, March 6 - April 24, 1977. Pullman, Washington, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Margaret Tompkins: A Retrospective Exhibition From 1943 To The Present, 1977-1978, November 20, 1977 - January 20, 1978. Los Angeles, California, Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Women Artists Of The West, October 14, 1995 - January 28, 1996 (Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, March 2 - May 2, 1996; Museum of Fine Arts, Sante Fe, NM, June 29 - September 29, 1996; Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, October 26, 1996 - January 19, 1997). New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000, April 22 - August 22, 1999.Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, "Camille Patha: Geography of Desire", Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, 2007; p. 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