Mark Tobey (1890-1976)

First Colors of Spring

Details

Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
First Colors of Spring
signed and dated 'Tobey 67' (lower right)
tempera on paperboard
37 ½ x 29 ¾ in. (95.2 x 75.5 cm.)
Painted in 1967.

Provenance

Willard Gallery, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980
Sold on Behalf of the Society of the Friends of Mark Tobey; Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1985, lot 120
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Willard Gallery, Mark Tobey: Oils, Temperas, Small Monotypes, October- November 1967.
London, Waddington Gallery, March-April 1968.
Seibu Ikebukuro, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Mark Tobey, October 1985.

Brought to you by

Joanna Szymkowiak

jszymkowiak@christies.com +1 212 636 2100

Lot Essay

Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of the Mark Tobey Project LLC, has confirmed the authenticity. The work is registered in the Mark Tobey archive with the number MT [223-10-9-17].

“I like best to see in nature what I want in my painting. When we can find the abstract in nature, we find the deepest art” (Mark Tobey, in Tobey, Galerie Beyeler Basel, 1970)

First Colors of Spring

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

More from Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session