Arthur G. Barnett photograph collection, 1930-1976
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Barnett, Arthur G., 1907-
- Title
- Arthur G. Barnett photograph collection
- Dates
- 1930-1976 (inclusive)19301976
- Quantity
- 103 photographs, 15 negatives (1 box, 2 folders) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1523
- Summary
- Images of the painter, Mark Tobey, both alone and with Arthur Barnett, Mime Jacobsen, and unidentified individuals
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collection website. Permission of Visual Materials curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Arthur G. Barnett (1907-2003) was a lawyer and civic leader in Seattle, Washington. Barnett was a supporter of the Japanese Americans during WWII evacuation, chairman of Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education's Japanese American Emergency Committee, board member and chairman of Seattle's Civic Unity Committee, and field worker for the Warren Avenue Project in 1936. Barnett chaired the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, representing Hirabayashi in his trial for violating curfew during World War II. He also represented Hirabayashi during his court appeals in the 1980's. Barnett also served as an attorney for Mark Tobey, beginning in the 1940's and continuing until Tobey's death in 1976; he then served as executor for Tobey's estate.
Content Description
Images of the painter, Mark Tobey, both alone and with Arthur Barnett, Mime Jacobsen and with others. Also images of the Federal Transient Service Camp which was part of the FERA program in the 1930s.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Arthur G. Barnett's rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries; Mark Tobey's rights retained by Seattle Art Museum. [Mark Tobey did not make any of the photographs]
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of Virginia Bartlett, December 3, 2003.
Processing Note
Processed by Anthony McGough, March 2018 and Abbey Maynard, 2019. Revised by Melody Smith, 2019.
Accessioned as PH2004-081.
The current photograph collection, Photo Acc. 2004-081, was received together with the materials that form Accession No. 1598-014 in the Manuscripts Collection on December 3, 2003. The photographs were transferred to the Visual Materials Collection on April 1, 2004.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Interior of Mark Tobey's Studio
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Description: Arthur Barnett in the doorway of Mark Tobey's studioDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
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Description: Arthur Barnett in the doorway facing interior of Mark Tobey's studioDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2
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Dates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3
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Description: Interior of Mark Tobey's studioDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4-8
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Description: Table with bowlsDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 9-14
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Description: Decorative curule seatDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 15-16
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Description: Desk with possible portrait of Subh-i-Azal mounted on the wall on the left side of the desk
Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912) was a Persian religious leader who founded Azali Babism-- a monotheistic religion that split from what is now known as Bahai.
Dates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 17 -
Description: Two wooden carvings against a wall near deskDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 18
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Description: Long table with wire sculpturesDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 19
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Description: Bowl in front of painted canvasDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 20-23
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Description: Painted canvasDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 24-25
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Description: Paint brushes and bowls in front of canvasDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 26-28
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Description: A wooden ladder back chairDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 29-32
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Description: Baskets and a pair of shoes on top of a trunkDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 33
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Description: Wire and mixed material sculptures beside a desk covered in papersDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 34
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Description: White abstract statue on top of a radiatorDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 35-36
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Description: Two sculptures on top of chest of drawersDates: between 1950 and 1969?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 37
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Artifacts in Mark Tobey's Studio
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Description: Mask with pointed nose mounted on a pink wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 38 -
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 39
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Description: Square shaped metal piece of art mounted on a blue wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 40 -
Description: Large rectangular art work of a red streak mounted on an off-white wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 41 -
Description: Framed abstract art mounted on a pink wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 42 -
Description: Sienna-colored rectangular carving mounted on a blue wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 43 -
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 44
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Description: Wooden sculpture of Biblical figures possibly for a liturgical processional pole
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 45 -
Description: Wreath-shaped wooden carving
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 46 -
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 47
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Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 48
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Description: Ceramic cups and bowls on a dresser
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 49-50 -
Description: Small white statuette of a person with arms outstretched
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 51 -
Description: Light blue glazed ceramic container
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 52 -
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 53
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1972 Interior of Mark Tobey's Studio
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Description: Ceramic cups and bowls on a chest of drawers
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 54 -
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 55
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Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 56
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Description: Cluttered metal desk with portrait of Subh-i-Azal hanging above desk
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 57 -
Description: Frames of varying sizes leaning against wall
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 58 -
Description: Wire and mixed media sculpture of a man with brown hair on a cluttered desk
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 59 -
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 60
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Description: White abstract sculpture sitting on a radiator beside a painting area and two artifacts on a dresser
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 61-62 -
Description: Mask with pointed nose mounted on a pink wall with frames and wooden objects below
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 63 -
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 64
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Description: Glass door cabinet full of books with horse sculpture, chest of drawers, and box on top
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 65 -
Description: Cabinet full of books and papers with cabinet doors open
Color photograph.
Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 66
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Mark Tobey Studio Contact Sheets
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Description: Contact sheets showing views of Mark Tobey's studioDates: 1951Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 67-70
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Portraits of Mark Tobey
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Description: Portrait of Mark Tobey in SeattleDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 71
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Description: Mark Tobey seated in a hat, scarf, and coatDates: Between 1940 and 1950?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 72
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Description: Mark Tobey seated with hand to his browDates: Between 1940 and 1950?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 73
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Description: Proitem of Mark Tobey seated with hand on his cheekDates: Between 1940 and 1950?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 74
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Dates: Between 1940 and 1950?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 75-76
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Description: Mark Tobey standing between trees holding a poleMary Willis (Randlett) (Photographer)
Written on verso: at Momres
Dates: 1949Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 77 -
Dates: Between 1950 and 1960?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 78
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Description: Mark Tobey wearing glasses and holding lit cigarette looking at a woman in the foregroundDates: Between 1950 and 1960?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 79
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Dates: Between 1950 and 1960?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 80
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Dates: Between 1955 and 1960?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 81
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Dates: December 1963Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 82
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Description: Mark Tobey and Arthur Barnett standing in dried corn stalks on Bainbridge Island
Color photograph.
Dates: Between 1965 and 1970?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 83 -
Description: Mark Tobey seated looking through small book with a cigarette in his mouth
Color photograph.
Dates: Between 1965 and 1970?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 84 -
Description: Ernst Beyeler, Pehr Hallsten and Mark Tobey in yard outside Tobey's house in BaselComet, Zurich
Ernst Beyeler was a Swiss art collector, and a prominent dealer in modern art. Swedish scholar Pehr Hallsten was Tobey's companion from 1940 until Hallsten's death 1966.
Dates: Between 1960 and 1966Container: Box folder:oversize OS7, Item 84a -
Dates: 1972?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 85
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Description: Mark Tobey and Mark Ritter in front of their home in BaselArthur L. Dahl (Photographer)
Color photograph.
Dates: March 1975Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 86
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Arthur Barnett
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Description: Portrait of Arthur BarnettDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 87
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Dates: Between 1960 and 1970?Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 88-89
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Mark Tobey Funeral and Cemetery
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Description: Mark Tobey's house in Basel, Switzerland
Color photograph.
Written on verso: 69 St. Alban Vorstadt, Basel, Switzerland.
Dates: 1976?Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 90 -
Description: Outside church following Tobey's funeral service
Color photograph.
Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 91 -
Description: People gathered in the cemetery following Mark Tobey's funeral service
Color photograph.
Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 92 -
Description: People standing beside flower arrangements beside graves at the cemetery following Mark Tobey's funeral service
Color photograph.
Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 93 -
Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 94
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Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 95
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Mark Tobey in Japan
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Dates: Between 1930 and 1939?Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 96
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Description: Mark Tobey with man sitting outside, JapanDates: Between 1930 and 1939?Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 97
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Federal Transient Service Camp
Arthur G. Barnett worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the early 1930s after his service in the army and before he began his law practice in 1935. The WPA replaced the Federal Emergency Relief Administration program (FERA). Federal Transient Service camps were part of the FERA program. These camps provided transient people with food, shelter, and occasionally work. They were often on the outskirts of large cities. These photos of the camp groups are possibly related to Barnett's time in the WPA.
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Dates: Between 1930 and 1940?Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 98
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Description: Aerial view of buildings and trees beside a lakeDates: Between 1930 and 1940?Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 99
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Description: Aerial view of building surrounded by forestDates: Between 1930 and 1940?Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 100
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Dates: Between 1930 and 1940?Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 101
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Description: Aerial view of camp buildingsDates: Between 1930 and 1940?Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 102-103
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists' materials--Photographs
- Artists' studios--Photographs
- Public housing--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Barnett, Arthur G., 1907- --Photographs
- Barnett, Arthur G., 1907---Archives
- Barnett, Arthur--Photographs
- Tobey, Mark
- Tobey, Mark--Photographs
Corporate Names
- United States. Federal Transient Service--Photographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Randlett, Mary, 1924- (photographer)
