Toots Wheat

1989

American, 1927 - 2011

Paint, chrome-plated steel

110 x 62 x 53 in. (279.4 x 157.5 x 134.6cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2014.25.11

Provenance: [Pace Gallery, New York, New York]; [Gagosian Gallery, New York, New York]; acquired from gallery in exchange by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Nov. 20, 1989

Photo: Jueqian Fang

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., reproduced pp. 138-39 (detail), 175.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021.

Published ReferencesGraves, Jen. "The Great Wright Collection Comes to Seattle Art Museum (and the Marvelous Wright Exhibition Space Closes October 14)." The Stranger Slog, Oct. 6, 2014. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/10/06/the-great-wright-collection-comes-to-seattle-art-museum-and-the-marvelous-wright-exhibition-space-closes-october-14, reproduced.

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