Modern & Contemporary Art 
22 February 2023
Modern & Contemporary Art 
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Mark Tobey 1890–1976

Druid

1942
tempera on paper 7¼ h × 10¼ w in (18 × 26 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $6,300
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Signed and dated to lower right ‘Tobey '42’. Signed to verso 'Mark Tobey'. 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 [375-10-05-22]. Sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Mark Tobey Project.
provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York | Private Collection

This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California.

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On pavements and the bark of trees, I have found whole worlds. According to one critic, my works looked like scraped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scraped.

Mark Tobey

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