Art (1945-contemporary) > Abstract Art Post-War Mark Tobey - Biography

Mark Tobey
1890 - 1976
Ohne Titel. 1968.
Watercolor on creme paper, mounted on Japon in corners.
Bottom left signed and dated. 27.5 x 39.5 cm (10.8 x 15.5 in). Backing paper: 49,5 x 59,8 cm (19,5 x 23,5 in).
[AR].
• Tender and harmonious work from the artist's late creative period.
• Tobey is considered a precursor of American "Abstract Expressionism".
• In 1959 and 1964 the artist participated in documenta II and III in Kassel .
PROVENANCE: Theodor Ahrenberg Collection, Stockholm.
Private collection (acquired from the above).
Collection Germany.
In good condition. Slightly browned. Sheet edges irregularly trimmed. Only the backing paper with faint creases and rubbing, as well as with isolated foxed spots and with faint traces of mounting showing through from recto along the upper edge, with a few tiny holes from the mounting.
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