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Cirque d'hiver

Date1933
Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Object number96.80
ProvenanceThe artist; lent to Guy Anderson (1906-1998), Spokane, Washignton, and Seattle, ca. 1940-ca. 1948; returned to artist and sold to Windsor Utley (1920-1989) and his wife, Josephine Utley, Seattle, 1948-1996; by gift to Seattle Art Museum, 1996
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Light, Shadow, and Gesture: Paintings by Northwest Artists", August 14, 1997 - August 2, 1998 Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Northwest Mythology: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson", May3, 2003 - August 10, 2003Published ReferencesBalken, Debra Bricker. Mark Tobey: Threading Light. New York: Skira Rizzoli in association with the Addison Gallery of American Art, 2017; pp. 70, 83, reproduced pl. 35.
Credit LineGift of Windsor and Josephine Utley
Dimensions17 1/4 x 22 in.
MediumPastel on INGRES JAC France laid paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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1952
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1949
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1941
Object number: 46.217
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1950-51
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ca. 1918
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1937
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