6 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Date1939-41

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

Object number2023.11.54

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest, March 5 - August 2, 2026.

Credit LineBequest of Frank S. Bayley III

MediumInk, watercolor and opaque watercolor on commercial paper

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1 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.49

5 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.53

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10 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.58

11 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.59

2 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.50

12 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.60

4 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.52

7 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.55

8 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.56

9 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.57

3 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941

Mark Tobey

1939-41

Object number: 2023.11.51

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Mark Tobey

1942

Object number: 43.33

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6 of 12 Market Scenes, being sketches of Seattle Public Market between 1939 and 1941