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Mark George Tobey American 1890-1976 OOC Abstract

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Mark George Tobey American 1890-1976 OOC Abstract
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Oil on canvas abstract painting; signed and attr. Mark George Tobey (American, 1890-1976); 15 3/4 x 12.5 inch (40 x 31.75 cm). Abstract painter Mark Tobey strived to represent the mystical through art. Inspired by international travels, Eastern religion, Arabic calligraphy, classical music, and the emerging modes of Abstract Expressionism, Tobey created a unique visual language of all-over painting and gestural abstraction, which he called “white writing.” “What I had learned in the Orient had affected more than I realized,” he said. “In a short time white writing emerged. I had a totally new conception of painting.” When working in this technique, Tobey would place white calligraphic marks and symbols atop an abstract field composed of thousands of densely interwoven brushstrokes. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario Estate