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.

An abstract print, full of green and brown squiggly lines.

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

A tall green glass sculpture. The green gradates from light yellow-green at the base to a more intense green at the top.

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

A speckled, bright green globe on a black background. The globe is off center, falling below the image frame.

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

A painted landscape, looking from a road up into snowy white mountains.

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

Three nude and abstract figures embracing. Their faces are not visible and a cloth looks to be wrapped around their waists, holding them together.

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

Tall, full green trees painted on top of rolling hills above a small pond.

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

An abstract geometric painting, with grids of color and looping lines.

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

An abstract painting, with lots of vertical green lines, yellow background, and black organic shapes.

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