Mark Tobey , Pacific Transition , 1943, tempera on paper.
©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Mark Tobey: Threading Light” is on view at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, through Saturday, March 11. The solo exhibition, which features nearly 70 works spanning the artist’s 50-year career, is the artist’s first U.S. retrospective in over 40 years.
Mark Tobey, Window , 1953, casein on board. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ANDERSON COLLECTION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Mark Tobey, White World , 1969, oil on canvas. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mark Tobey, Untitled (Sumi Drawing) , 1957, ink on paper. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/THE MARTHA JACKSON COLLECTION AT THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY
Mark Tobey, Threading Light , 1942, tempera on board. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
Mark Tobey, The Void Devouring the Gadget Era , 1942, tempera on board. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
Mark Tobey, Pacific Transition , 1943, tempera on paper. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM
Mark Tobey, Northwest Drift , 1958, tempera and gouache on paper laminated on board support. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/TATE, LONDON
Mark Tobey, Lines of the City , 1945, tempera on paper. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART, PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MA
Mark Tobey, Eventuality , 1944, tempera on paper mounted on board.©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART, PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MA
Mark Tobey, Crystallizations , 1944 tempera on board. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/IRIS & B. GERALD CANTOR CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Mark Tobey, Untitled , 1944, tempera on paper. ©2017 ESTATE OF MARK TOBEY, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ALVIN E. FRIEDMAN-KIEN AND RYO TOYONAGA COLLECTION
Installation view of “Mark Tobey: Threading Light,” 2017, at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. FRANK GRAHAM
Installation view of “Mark Tobey: Threading Light,” 2017, at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. FRANK GRAHAM
Installation view of “Mark Tobey: Threading Light,” 2017, at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. FRANK GRAHAM
Installation view of “Mark Tobey: Threading Light,” 2017, at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. FRANK GRAHAM