Study in Green
From the Permanent Collection

March 21 - June 14, 2015

STUDY IN GREEN: FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

Exhibition Date: March 21, 2015 to June 14, 2015
Reception Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 2:00pm

The fourth in the color study series surveys Northwest artist’s use of this tranquil and rejuvenating color. From line to color field and realistic to abstraction, green is echoed from nature to the artist’s canvas.

Artists Include: Guy Anderson, Harold Balazs, Jim Ball, Max Benjamin, Robert Buchanan, John Cole, Jeff Crandall, Michael Dailey, Jeff Day, Lockwood Dennis, Gaylen C. Hansen, Paul Havas, Barbara Straker James, Clayton James, Robert C. Jones, Leo Kenney, LaVerne Erickson Krause, Verne Mittlestadt, Hallsten Pehr, Michael Spafford, Jack Stangle, Charles Stokes, Leonard Ruder, Boyd Sugiki, Dederick Ward, and Mark Tobey.

Mark Tobey, Meanders Series, 1970, silk screen (jade)(portfolio of nine HCA (Hors Commerce Addition, not on the market) silk screens from an Edition of 25), 20” x 25.75”
1986.009.063, MoNA, gift of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg

Boyd Sugiki, Bottle Composition, 2005, blown glass, etched (butter and spring green glass), 51” x 11.5” x 11.5”
2009.217.005, MoNA, gift of the Artist

Jeff Crandall, The Dorn Effect (detail), 2003, glass (green globe), stone base, original text sand blasted on glass surface, 15” x 36” x 19”dia (two parts)
2006.164.032, MoNA, gift of Mimi Pierce

Clayton James, Untitled, no date, Oil on board, 20” x 23”
2013.327.260, MoNA, gift of Christopher Shainin

Mark Tobey, Three Figures, 1956, gouache on paper, 12” x 7”
200.142.021, MoNA, gift of The Catterall Collection

John Cole, Dike Near Wayne’s Pond, 2006, oil on masonite, 16” x 20”
2014.339.028, MoNA, gift of Lucille Cole and the Estate of John Cole

Leonard Ruder, Overview, acrylic on masonite, 41” x 30”
2013.266.245, MoNA, gift of Irene Ruder

Robert C. Jones, In the Studio, 1996, oil on canvas, 55” x 60”
2002.115.001, MoNA, gift of the Artist and Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle