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Mark Tobey American
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In the 1940s, Tobey’s "white writing" and "all-over line" was associated with Jackson Pollock’s poured painting technique. Tobey said that with his calligraphic technique, "I could paint the frenetic rhythms of the modern city, something I couldn’t even approach with Renaissance techniques."
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Title: The Way
Artist:
Mark Tobey (American, Centerville, Wisconsin 1890–1976 Basel)
Date: 1944
Medium: Tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: 14 × 22 1/8 in. (35.6 × 56.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
Accession Number: 2006.32.61
Rights and Reproduction: © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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