Mark Tobey
Moon
Global Abstractions: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
Mark Tobey
1890 - 1976
Moon
signed and dated '55
double-sided tempera on paperboard
30 by 40 in. 78 by 103.5 cm.
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 [326-04-30-21].
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. Please refer to the following professional report prepared by Scott Gerson Conservation. Framed under glass.
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Willard Gallery, New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Norman, Palisades
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in December 2007
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Cleveland Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago, Mark Tobey, September 1962 - March 1963, cat. no. 90, p. 109
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Zacatecas, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez, Abstracciones: Nueva York, París, Cuenca, México, November 2015 - June 2016, pp. 164-167 and 221, illustrated in color