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Rising Orb

Date1935

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

Object number61.182

Exhibition HistoryBoston, Massachusetts, Institute of Contemporary Art, "Northwest Visionaries", July 7 - June 8, 1981 (7/7/1981 - 6/8/1981) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29-December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, 3/19-4/29/79 (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collections", September 11 - November 1, 1959. Circuit: Portland Art Museum, OR, 12/59-1/60, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Co, 1/60-2/60, Pasadena Art Museum, CA, 2/60-3/60, M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, 3/60-4/60. (09/11/1959 - 04/30/1960) Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, "Seattle Art Museum Mark Tobey Exhibition", 1962 (1962) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collectors", December 3, 1970 - January 31, 1971 (12/03/1970 - 01/31/1971) Miami, Florida, the Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection of Works from the Seattle Art Museum", December 1, 1975 - January 29, 1976 (12/01/1975 - 01/29/1976)Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collections", 1959, cat. # 40, text, ill. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, "Mark Tobey", 1961, ill. p. 11 (of Biographie) Seattle Art Museum, Washington, "Tobey's 80: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collectors", cat., Intro. by Betty Bowen, cat. # 16, text, ill. The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade South, Florida, "Mark Tobey 1930-1967: A Selection of Works from the Seattle Art Museum", cat., Intro. by Willis F. Woods, 1975, cat. # 2, pp. 6, 9, ill. p. 14 Kingsbury, Martha and Sarah Clark. "Northwest Traditions." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1978, p. 47 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, "Northwest Visionaries", Stephen S. Prokopoff, 1981, p. 3

Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. John H. Bowen

Dimensions17 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (43.5 x 51.1cm)

MediumTempera and gold paint on cardboard