
Morris Graves, Flowering Greenhouse Plant, 1964, tempera on paper, 27" x 23"
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Kenneth Callahan, Ocean Currents, 1972, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Kenneth Callahan, The Awakening, 1952, oil on canvas, 28" x 35"
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird, 1954, mixed media on goldleaf, 21" x 22"
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Morris Graves, Winter Leaf, c. 1944, tempera & ink on paper, 21" x 36"
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Kenneth Callahan, Spring Currents, 1972, acrylic on board, 38" x 46"
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Mark Tobey, Calligraphy (Tobey), 1959, tempera on paper, 18" x 21"
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Guy Anderson, Man & Woman in Dark of Night, 1969, mixed media on paper/board, 13" x 25"
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Mark Tobey, Spring Garden, 1969, mixed media on board, 22" x 25"
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Kenneth Callahan, Horse and Rider, c. 1960, tempera on paper, 32" x 42"
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Guy Anderson, In the Beginning, c.1970, oil on paper on board, 50" x 40"
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Mark Tobey, Public Market, Contemplation, 1939, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"
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Kenneth Callahan, Horse, c. 1970's , sumi on paper, 33" x 46"
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Guy Anderson, Icarus & Daedalus, woodblock on paper, 13" x 14"
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Guy Anderson, Love & Peace, 1967, woodblock on paper, 24" x 12"
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Paul Horiuchi, Vertical Forms with Green, 1980 mixed media collage on canvas, 49" x 25"
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Kenneth Callahan, Tidal Forms, 1970, oil on board, 31" x 37"
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Mark Tobey, Glowing Fall, 1975, serigraph, 27/100, 31" x 23"
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Kenneth Callahan, Self-Portrait, 1952, oil on masonite, 19" X 27"
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Kenneth Callahan, Tidal Shift 1980, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Mark Tobey, Seated Man, 1940, tempera on paper, 18" x 14"
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Mark Tobey, Market Philosopher, 1939, tempera on paper, 16" x 13"
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Kenneth Callahan, Arabian Horses, c. 1950's, sumi ink on paper, 30" x 35"
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Morris Graves, Bird in Motion, 1954, graphite on paper, 23" x 28"
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Kenneth Callahan, Embarkation, oil on canvas, 1959/60, 39" x 53"
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Mark Tobey, Market Figures, 1950, tempera on board, 21" x 17"
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Morris Graves, Pears, 1957, tempera on gold, 21" x 19"
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Morris Graves, Grasses, Butterflies and Jardiniere, 1950, tempera on paper, 19" x 23"
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Guy Anderson, Man with Dove, woodblock on paper, 17" x 10"
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Mark Tobey, To Life, 1974, etching on japon nacre ed. iii/l, 29" x 22"
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Morris Graves, Nesting Bird, graphite on paper, 18" x 21"
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Paul Horiuchi, Remnants From Antiquity, mixed media collage on paper, 53” x 40”
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Mark Tobey, Abstract Self-Portrait, 1968, mixed media on paper, 23” x 19”
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, mixed media on paper, 32" x 49"
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Mark Tobey, October, 1974, lithograph on paper ed. 134/200, 27" x 30"
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Mark Tobey, Seated Man, Pike Street Market, 1966, mixed media on paper, 24" x 20"
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Morris Graves, Flowering Greenhouse Plant, 1964, tempera on paper, 27" x 23"
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Kenneth Callahan, Ocean Currents, 1972, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Kenneth Callahan, The Awakening, 1952, oil on canvas, 28" x 35"
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird, 1954, mixed media on goldleaf, 21" x 22"
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Morris Graves, Winter Leaf, c. 1944, tempera & ink on paper, 21" x 36"
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Kenneth Callahan, Spring Currents, 1972, acrylic on board, 38" x 46"
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Mark Tobey, Calligraphy (Tobey), 1959, tempera on paper, 18" x 21"
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Guy Anderson, Man & Woman in Dark of Night, 1969, mixed media on paper/board, 13" x 25"
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Mark Tobey, Spring Garden, 1969, mixed media on board, 22" x 25"
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Kenneth Callahan, Horse and Rider, c. 1960, tempera on paper, 32" x 42"
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Guy Anderson, In the Beginning, c.1970, oil on paper on board, 50" x 40"
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Mark Tobey, Public Market, Contemplation, 1939, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"
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Kenneth Callahan, Horse, c. 1970's , sumi on paper, 33" x 46"
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Guy Anderson, Icarus & Daedalus, woodblock on paper, 13" x 14"
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Guy Anderson, Love & Peace, 1967, woodblock on paper, 24" x 12"
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Paul Horiuchi, Vertical Forms with Green, 1980 mixed media collage on canvas, 49" x 25"
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Kenneth Callahan, Tidal Forms, 1970, oil on board, 31" x 37"
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Mark Tobey, Glowing Fall, 1975, serigraph, 27/100, 31" x 23"
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Kenneth Callahan, Self-Portrait, 1952, oil on masonite, 19" X 27"
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Kenneth Callahan, Tidal Shift 1980, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Mark Tobey, Seated Man, 1940, tempera on paper, 18" x 14"
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Mark Tobey, Market Philosopher, 1939, tempera on paper, 16" x 13"
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Kenneth Callahan, Arabian Horses, c. 1950's, sumi ink on paper, 30" x 35"
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Morris Graves, Bird in Motion, 1954, graphite on paper, 23" x 28"
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Kenneth Callahan, Embarkation, oil on canvas, 1959/60, 39" x 53"
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Mark Tobey, Market Figures, 1950, tempera on board, 21" x 17"
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Morris Graves, Pears, 1957, tempera on gold, 21" x 19"
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Morris Graves, Grasses, Butterflies and Jardiniere, 1950, tempera on paper, 19" x 23"
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Guy Anderson, Man with Dove, woodblock on paper, 17" x 10"
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Mark Tobey, To Life, 1974, etching on japon nacre ed. iii/l, 29" x 22"
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Morris Graves, Nesting Bird, graphite on paper, 18" x 21"
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Paul Horiuchi, Remnants From Antiquity, mixed media collage on paper, 53” x 40”
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Mark Tobey, Abstract Self-Portrait, 1968, mixed media on paper, 23” x 19”
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, mixed media on paper, 32" x 49"
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Mark Tobey, October, 1974, lithograph on paper ed. 134/200, 27" x 30"
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Mark Tobey, Seated Man, Pike Street Market, 1966, mixed media on paper, 24" x 20"
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Paying homage to the “Golden Era of Northwest Art” by the “Big Four” or the “Northwest Mystics”, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan & Guy Anderson at the Woodside Braseth Gallery.
Their artwork became recognized nationally when LIFE magazine published a 1953 feature article on them. It was the first such broad recognition of artists from this corner of the world beyond traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as, “Northwest Art”.
This extraordinary exhibition came together very quickly when we were recently contacted by 3 major private collectors and 2 estate collections to sell their treasured artworks.
An honor for the Woodside Braseth Gallery and a wonderful opportunity for our art collectors and art devotees. One of our longtime clients happened into the gallery last Saturday…came into my office and exclaimed, “This exhibition is like a Museum, except that it’s for sale! ”
These artists combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style, particularly in painting and sculpture, with some drawing, printmaking and photography. Tobey, Callahan, Graves and Anderson were all immersed in and greatly influenced by the atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest’s environment.
Seattle was a common locale, which they all shared at points in their lives, and some of them were closely associated for a time with the Seattle Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Over time, the influence of the natural setting of Western Washington, especially the flat lands, meandering river channels, and wide-open skies of the Skagit Valley, became a unifying aspect of their art.
There are so many interesting and rare to the market artworks in this short exhibition. We hope you will take the opportunity to come see this iconic group of artists’ works on view at the Woodside Braseth Gallery, (there is no charge for admission).