Mark Tobey - Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York New York Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Willard Gallery, New York
    Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lippold Collection, New York
    Achim Moeller, New York
    Bonhams, New York, May 16, 2024, lot 143
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Katonah Museum of Art, Watercolors from the Abstract Expressionist Era, April 1–June 3, 1990
    New York, Philippe Daverio Gallery, Mark Tobey: Works from the 1950's, September 25–October 26, 1991
    New York, Yoshii Gallery, Mark Tobey: Paintings (1920–60), October 27–December 17, 1994, no. 28, pp. 44, 63 (illustrated, p. 44)
    Madrid, Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofía, Mark Tobey, November 11, 1997–January 12, 1998, p. 271 (illustrated)
    Berlin, Moeller Fine Art, Mark Tobey: Selected Works 1944–1970, April 28–July 28, 2011

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Above the Earth IV

signed and dated "Tobey 56" lower right
tempera on paper
11 7/8 x 18 in. (30.2 x 45.7 cm)
Executed in 1956.

Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of the Mark Tobey Project LLC, has confirmed the authenticity of this work. The work is registered in the Mark Tobey archive with the number MT [426-04-09-24].

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $10,160

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Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

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