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Point Five - Vertical
Point Five - Vertical

Point Five - Vertical

Date1943
Maker Mark Tobey American, born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
Label TextFor me every day in the Market was a fiesta. But, alas, wars came; the old men I had learned to know died; more and more stalls were empty; the Japanese were sent away. . . . The years dissolve and I return to visit the Market. A few old friends remain. . . .There is the same magic as night approaches: the sounds fade; . . . prices drop; the garbage pickers come bending and sorting; the cars leave the street which reflects the dying sun. The windows are all that remain of light as the sun sets over the Olympics. A few isolated figures appear and disappear, and then the Market is quiet, awaiting another day. -Mark Tobey, recalling the Pike Place Market, 1964
Object number43.100
Exhibition HistorySeattle, 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) Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, "Mark Tobey Retrospective" March 20-April 21, 1968 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "29th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists", October 1943. (Purchase prize in water color, tempura, and gouache) (10/1943 - 10/1943) Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Paintings by Mark Tobey", 1945. Circuit: San Francisco Museum of Art, California, 1945; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1946. (1945 - 1946) Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950. Circuit: Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1950; Albion College, MI, 1950; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1951; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI, 1951; Saginaw Museum, MI, 1951; Flint Institute of Arts, MI, 1951; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951. (1950 - 1951) Bloomigton, Illinois, Withers Public Library, "Northwest Artists", 1951. (1951 - 1951) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Mark Tobey: A Reytrospective Exhibition From Northwest Collections", September 11 - November 1, 1959 (09/11/1959 - 11/01/1959) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Twenty Ninth Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists" 1943 Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, "Mark Tobey Retrospective", March 20 - April 21, 1968. (03/20/1968 - 04/21/1968) 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 World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum "Mark Tobey Exhibit", 1962. (1962 - 1962)
Credit LineSeattle Art Museum Purchase Prize in Watercolor, Tempera and Gouache, 29th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1943
Dimensions28 1/2 x 19 1/8 in. (72.4 x 48.6 cm)
MediumTempera on paperboard
Photo: Elizbeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1934
Object number: 78.11
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mark Tobey
1944
Object number: 44.78
Photo: Scott Leen
Mark Tobey
ca. 1940
Object number: 83.165
Market Scene
Mark Tobey
1944
Object number: 79.145
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mark Tobey
1942
Object number: 62.78
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1944
Object number: 2013.4.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1943
Object number: 73.9
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mark Tobey
1941
Object number: 42.28
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mark Tobey
1941
Object number: 42.31
Festival
Mark Tobey
1953
Object number: 62.77
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1947
Object number: 2009.52.110
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
1941-1942
Object number: 2009.52.111