Orpheus
Date1952
Maker
Mark Tobey
American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Object number55.178
Photo CreditPhoto: Howard Giske
Exhibition HistorySeattle, 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)
Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Art Museum, "Paths of Abstract Art", 1960 (1960)
Paris, France, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, (Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan), "Mark Tobey", October 18-December 1, 1961 Circuit: The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1/31-3/4/62; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1962 (10/18/1961 - 1962)
Tacoma, Washington, Kittredge Art Gallery, University of Puget Sound, "Northwest Art",1963 (1963)
Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, "Two Hundred Years of American Painting", 1965 (1965)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, 1968 (1968)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Northwest Traditions", June 29 - December 10, 1978. Circuit: Des Moines Art Center, IA, 3/19-4/29/79. (06/29/1978 - 04/29/1979)
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)Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Corydon Wagner
Dimensions18 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (47.3 x 64.5 cm)
Overall h.: 25 3/4 in.
Overall w.: 31 7/8 in.
MediumGouache on paper mounted on board