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Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
Lot 739

Mark Tobey (1890-1976)

First Colors of Spring

Closed16 November 2017

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USD 187,500

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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.

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

Specialist note

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)