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Visage

Date1966

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

Maker Italian, Venice , Murano

Label TextDuring a trip to Venice and Murano in 1966, Tobey collaborated with Italian glassworkers and made this head. Its distorted form and firey colors convey extreme emotions. Tobey once described himself as "a nervous man," and this work may have some unknown autobiograpical origin.

Object number92.86

Provenance(London); Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warren, Portland, Oregon, until 1992; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Weird and Whimsical: Northwest Art from the Permanent Collection", January 4, 2001 - October 14, 2001 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnigie Museum, "Translations and Transformations: Glass in Venice and America 1950 - 2006", May 12, 2007 - September 18, 2007 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present", September 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997. (09/12/1996 - 06/01/1997)Published ReferencesFrantz, Susanne K., Matthew Kangas, "Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America", Carnegie Museum of Art, p. 92

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Warren

Dimensions18 in. (45.72 cm)

MediumGlass