Mark Tobey
Sumi Drawing

Sumi Drawing

© Mark Tobey / Seattle Art Museum, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sumi Drawing
Sumi Drawing
ArtistAmerican, 1890–1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sumi Drawing
Date1957
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk on Japanese paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 15 7/8 in. (27.9 × 40.3 cm)
Mount: 14 3/16 × 18 11/16 in. (36 × 47.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Weitzen
Object number81.277
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“Line: Making the Mark,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 12, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in red ink, lower right edge: M Tobey / 57
Recto, mount: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: #6
Verso, mount: Inscribed in graphite, upper center: 7769 E [circled]
Verso, mount: Inscribed in graphite, upper right: [asterisk]
Verso, mount: Inscribed in graphite, lower right: K-2 [upside down]
Recto: Signed and dated in red ink, lower right edge: M Tobey / 57

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