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Mark Tobey

Centerville/Wisconsin 1890 – 1976 Basel

„Space Lines“. 1959/60

Tempera on paper, laid down on Japan paper by the artist. 25,3 x 20 cm (26,7 x 21,9 cm) (10 x 7 ⅞ in. (10 ½ x 8 ⅝ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Mark Tobey. „Space Lines“. 1959/60.

Estimate:

EUR 7,000

 

- 9,000

USD 9,590

 

- 12,330

Sold for:

21,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

Modern Art, Friday, 30.05.2014

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Tempera on paper, laid down on Japan paper by the artist. 25,3 x 20 cm (26,7 x 21,9 cm) (10 x 7 ⅞ in. (10 ½ x 8 ⅝ in.)). Signed and dated in pen and black ink lower right: Tobey 59. Titled, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse: Space lines Tobey 60. On the cardboard backing a label of the exhibitions Paris 1961, Basel 1961, 1967/68 and 1970/71. Minor time staining. Framed

Rudolf Indlekofer, Basel / Private collection, Switzerland

Rétrospective Mark Tobey. Paris, Musée de Arts Décoratifs, 1961, cat. no. 217, colour ill. pl. 70 / Mark Tobey. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1961, cat. no. 47 / Mark Tobey. Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings 1925-1961. London, Whitechapel Gallery, 1962, cat. no. 132, colour ill. pl. LV / Mark Tobey. New York, Museum of Modern Art; Cleveland, Museum of Art; Chicago, Art Institute, 1962/63, cat. no. 118 / Petits Formats. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1967/68, cat. no. 89 / Mark Tobey. Exhibition on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1970/71, cat. no. 17 / Was die Schönheit sei, das weiss ich nicht – Künstler, Theorie, Werk. Katalog zur 2. Biennale Biennale. Nuremberg, Kunsthalle, 1971, cat. no. 382

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