Westward Drift

Artist Mark Tobey (American, 1890 - 1976)

Date1964

MediumMixed media on paper mounted on board

DimensionsOverall: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (34.6 x 27 cm)

Credit LinePurchased with partial funding provided by Barbara Palmer

Object number2005.38

Collections

American

ClassificationsPainting

Object NamePainting

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Twentieth

Exhibition HistoryMark Makers: The Language of Abstraction, Palmer Museum of Art, March 28–July 11, 2021 You Have to See This: Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, September 1–December 6, 2015 Celebrating Forty Years of Gifts: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, September 25, 2012–January 20, 2013 A Few of Our Favorite Things: Selections by the Staff of the Palmer Museum of Art, Palmer Museum of Art, September 12, 2006–February 4, 2007ProvenanceHarold Diamond, purchased from Harry Torczyner, October 6, 1965. Harry Torczyner, unknown method and date of acquisition.Published ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2013), 231.