Accession Number
1983/1.223

Title
Untitled

Artist(s)
Mark Tobey

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1970

Medium & Support
lithograph on paper

Dimensions
21 9/16 in x 13 11/16 in (54.77 cm x 34.77 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection

Subject matter
Tobey's work often investigated spirituality—he joined the Baha’i World Faith in 1918 and lived in a Japanese Zen monastery for a month in 1934—as well as Chinese calligraphy, Persian and Arabic script, and physical/environmental surroundings. This cubist and surrealist-like work is somewhat uncharacteristic of his more abstract expressionist production. 

Physical Description
At the center of this lithograph is a multi-colored oval shaped face with one eye, atop an off-white triange. The face and triangle are surrounded by earth-tone shapes, including a stair-like form that extends down from the triangle's base. The print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Tobey 1970" and editioned (l.l.) "Proof" in pencil.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
abstract

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Bahaism
abstraction
artists' proofs
faces (animal components)
head
heads (animal components)
lithographs
modern and contemporary art