Visage

1966

Mark Tobey

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

Italian, Venice , Murano

During a trip to Venice and Murano in 1966, Tobey collaborated with Italian glassworkers and made this head. Its distorted form and firey colors convey extreme emotions. Tobey once described himself as "a nervous man," and this work may have some unknown autobiograpical origin.

Glass

18 in. (45.72 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Warren

92.86

Provenance: (London); Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warren, Portland, Oregon, until 1992; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo: Susan Cole

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Weird and Whimsical: Northwest Art from the Permanent Collection", January 4, 2001 - October 14, 2001

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnigie Museum, "Translations and Transformations: Glass in Venice and America 1950 - 2006", May 12, 2007 - September 18, 2007

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present", September 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997. (09/12/1996 - 06/01/1997)

Published ReferencesFrantz, Susanne K., Matthew Kangas, "Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America", Carnegie Museum of Art, p. 92

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