ID 949292 
Lot 50  | MARK TOBEY (1890-1976)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000 
Burst of Spring
signed, inscribed and dated 'Tobey 64 Bâle' (lower right)
tempera, wax crayon and graphite on paper
45 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (115.5 x 62.8 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Provenance
Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Dahl, Pebble Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps, Seattle
Private collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
H. J. Weeks, "Pacific Heritage," Artforum, vol. 3, no. 8, May 1965, p. 50.
H. Haggie, "Tobey Collection Beautiful, Serene in Tasteful Setting," The Lincoln Star, 10 September 1967, p. 64.
M. Tobey and A. Dahl, Mark Tobey: Art and Belief, Norway, 1984, pp. 31 and 118, no. 10 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery, Pacific Heritage, March-April 1965, n.p., no. 6 (illustrated).
Palo Alto, Stanford University Art Gallery; Lincoln, University of Nebraska Art Gallery; Chicago, Roosevelt University Art Gallery; University of California Santa Barbara Art Gallery, Mark Tobey: Paintings from the Collection of Joyce and Arthur Dahl, June-October 1967, pp. 23 and 44, no. 55, pl. 25 (illustrated).
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Mark Tobey Retrospective, March-April 1968, no. 111.
Seattle, Foster/White Gallery, Mark Tobey, May 1973, n.p., no. FW27 (illustrated).
New York, Pace Gallery, Mark Tobey, October 2018-January 2019, n.p., no. 66 (illustrated).
Post lot text
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 [396-04-07-23].
| Artist: | Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Artist: | Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
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