Broadway After the Theater
Date1942
Maker
Mark Tobey
American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Label Text"No doubt I did them [the paintings of cities] because I am an American painter. I cannot be indifferent to the swarming crowds, multitudes, neon signs, movie theaters, to the noises that I hate of modern cities . . . Of course when I did Broadway [New York] I did it because I loved it, because I had experienced it. It was in my bones, but I could paint it best when I was farthest from it." (Mark Tobey, 1962)
Object number2009.52.76
ProvenanceGordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle; sold to Marshall and Helen Hatch, Seattle, 1971
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions15 15/16 x 11 15/16 in. (40.5 x 30.3 cm)
MediumOpaque watercolor on paperboard