Lot 3406 - A195 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday, 05. December 2020, 02.30 PM
MARK TOBEY
(Centerville 1890–1976 Basel)
Circular Rhythms. 1965.
Tempera on paper.
Signed and dated lower right: Tobey 65.
87 × 57 cm.
Provenance:
- Galerie Beyeler, Basel (verso with the label).
- Auction Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1985, Lot 114.
- Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland.
Exhbition:
- Basel 1966, Tobey. Galerie Beyeler, January - 10 March, no. 18 (with colour ill.).
- Venice 1978, Omagio a Mark Tobey. Galerie Naviglio, September-October (verso with the label).
Literature: Exh. cat. Tobey. Galerie Beyeler 1966, no. 18 (mit Farbabb.).
"I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action." Mark Tobey
- Galerie Beyeler, Basel (verso with the label).
- Auction Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1985, Lot 114.
- Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland.
Exhbition:
- Basel 1966, Tobey. Galerie Beyeler, January - 10 March, no. 18 (with colour ill.).
- Venice 1978, Omagio a Mark Tobey. Galerie Naviglio, September-October (verso with the label).
Literature: Exh. cat. Tobey. Galerie Beyeler 1966, no. 18 (mit Farbabb.).
"I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action." Mark Tobey
CHF 80 000 / 140 000 | (€ 82 470 / 144 330)
Sold for CHF 122 300 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.