The Awakening Night

Mark Tobey

Framed size: 23 in. (h) x 29 in. (w) x 1.25 in. (d)

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Abstraction, Etching, Framed, Intaglio Print, Mid-Century Style, Post-War Twentieth Century, Prints & Multiples, Tobey

About the work

Modern print depicting an abstract organic shaped textured white sculptural mass on black ground.

An example of this work is in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

A companion piece to The Awakening Dawn; it would be beautifully paired with it as a diptych.

Attributes	Value
Medium	Etching
Date	1970-1980
Signing, Dating, and Titling	Hand signed by the Artist
Framing	Price Includes Framing
Condition	Excellent Condition
Type	Modern Print-Makers

Medium:

Etching in colors

Paper:

One of the fifty impressions specially printed on mould-made Japon paper.

Publisher:

Transworld Art Corporation of New York City (founded by Alex Rosenberg, 1968; commissioned works by Alexander Calder, Salvador Dali, Romare Bearden, Henry Moore, Mark Tobey, Robert Rauschenberg, and others).

Printer:

Printed by Ateliers Rigal.

Date:

1974

Signature:

Hand-signed in pencil by the artist en recto lower right. Numbered in pencil by the artist en recto lower left.

Edition:

Number 32 out of the special edition of 50 Roman-numeral-numbered prints which were produced aside from the commercial run of 150 prints.

Framing:

This work is floated and custom framed in a solid cherry frame behind 99% UV-Filtering Plexiglass. The glazing is lifted off the work with spacers. Framed with all conservation materials.

Condition:

Excellent condition. Well-inked, crisp lines, and full margins. Without dirt or damage to the surface of the paper. An excellent example.

Framed Size:

23 in. (h) x 29 in. (w) x 1.25 in. (d)

Sheet Size:

19.5 in. (h) x 34.75 in. (w)

Image Size:

11 in. (h) x 14 in. (w)

Provenance:

Museum Deaccession: Property from the Collection of the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida.

Reference

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Heidenheim 42.