Lot 6
  • 6

Mark Tobey

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mark Tobey
  • Head of a Man
  • signed and dated 57
  • sumi ink on paper
  • 24 1/4 by 16 1/2 in. 61.6 by 41.9 cm.

Provenance

Collection of the artist
Private Collection, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Foster White Gallery, Seattle
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Mark Tobey Retrospective, March - April 1968, cat. no. 82

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is laid down to the backboard. The edges of the sheet are unevenly cut. There are artist's pin holes in the 4 corners. There are some minor losses to the sheet, particularly in the upper corners. There is pale time staining to the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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