China (Kakemono)

Date1934

Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976

Object number2017.19.1

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Max Weinstein, Seattle, Washington, by the late 1940s; to their son, David Weinstein; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Otto Seligman Gallery, 1956. [No catalogue?] Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collections, Sept. 11 - Nov. 1, 1959 (Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Dec. 1959 - Jan. 1960; Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Jan.- Feb. 1960; Pasadena, California, Pasadena Art Center, Feb. - Mar. 1960; San Francisco, California, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Mar. - Apr., 1960). Cat. no. 33, reproduced. [Traveled in reduced exhibition, Mark Tobey’s European Tour 1961-1962, as cat. no. 19]. Paris, France, Musée des arts décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Retrospective Mark Tobey, Oct. 18 - Dec. 1, 1961. Cat. no. 10, reproduced pl. 1. London, England, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Mark Tobey: Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings, 1925-1961, Jan. 1 - Mar. 4, 1962. Cat. no. 8, p. 20, reproduced n.p. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Mark Tobey: City Paintings, Mar. 18 - July 6, 1984. Text by Eliza Rathbone. Cat. no. 3, pp. 23-24, 75, reproduced p. 24.Published ReferencesLegrand, F.C. “Peinture et Ecriture,” Quadrum (Revue international d’art moderne) 13 (1962): p. 30, reproduced p. 29.

Credit LineGift of David M. and Roberta R. Weinstein in memory of Max and Florence Weinstein

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (24.1 x 18.1 cm) Overall: 31 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (80 x 31.8 cm)

MediumInk on paper, mounted on silk on paper as kakemono hanging scroll