Obos No.15

1961

George Tsutakawa

born 1910, Seattle, Washington; died 1997 Seattle

Cedar

30 x 26 x 18 in. (76.2 x 66 x 45.7 cm)

General Acquisition Fund, Northwest Art Fund, American Art Acquisition Fund

2022.37

Provenance: The artist; by descent to his family; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022

Photo: Scott Leen

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryBellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, Eternal Laughter: A Sixty-Year Retrospective of George Tsutakawa, Sept. 14 - Nov. 2, 1990. No cat. no., p. 78.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Museum of Art, Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West, Sept. 7, 2017 - Jan. 21, 2018. No cat. no., p. 103.

Bainbridge Island, Washington, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, George Tsutakawa: Language of Nature, July 1 - Oct. 9, 2022. No cat. no., p. 33, reproduced pl. 11.

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