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Mark Tobey
Mark Tobey 'Awakening Evening' Abstract Signed Limited Edition Print Etching

1974

About the Item

Mark Tobey (American, 1890-1976) Awakening Evening, 1974 Etching Edition in pencil lower left: 71/150 Signed Tobey (lower right) Published by Ateliers Rigal. Printed by Transworld Art Corporation of New York City. Image: 11 x 14 inches. 19 1/2in H x 25 3/4in L. Unframed. Provenance: Museum Deaccession: Property from the Collection of the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida Companion print 'Awakening Dawn' also available. Mark Tobey created a body of work central to defining mid century American modernism. Painting all-over abstractions with a repetition of calligraphic marks, he was inspired by Western and Asian philosophical and aesthetic traditions. Frequently traveling throughout his career, Tobey resided primarily in New York from 1911 through 1922 before basing himself in Seattle through 1962, when he relocated to Basel. His first one-artist exhibition was held at M. Knoedler & Co, New York, in 1917, with his first museum exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in 1934. Retrospectives of his work have been organized by the Seattle Art Museum (1942, 1959, 1970); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (1951); Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1955); Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (1960); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1962); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1962); Cleveland Museum of Art (1963); Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas (1968); National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1974); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (1997); and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts (2017). Mark Tobey's work is held in major public collections worldwide, including the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; The Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Detroit Institute of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Kunstmuseum Basel; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum; Tate, London; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
  • Creator:
    Mark Tobey (1890-1976, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1974
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Rafael, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 111-1641stDibs: LU108414098642

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