Mark Tobey

Composition with Blue and Red

signed and dated "Tobey 67" lower right
gouache on paper
10 x 6 7/8 in. (25.5 x 17.5 cm.)
Executed in 1967.

Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of the Mark Tobey Project LLC, has confirmed the authenticity. The work is registered in the Mark Tobey archive with the number MT [241-9-7-18].

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000

Sold for $20,000

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 14 November 2018

101
Fernand Léger
Composition à l'échelle
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $11,875
102
Fernand Léger
Composition aux plumes
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
103
James Ensor
Resurrection
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,000
104
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei liegende Akte
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
105
Pablo Picasso
Nu couché et homme écrivant (Sleeping Nude and Man Writing)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $100,000
106
Alexej von Jawlensky
Saint Prex am Genfersee (St Prex on Lake Geneva)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,750
107
Alberto Giacometti
Femmes debout
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
108
André Masson
Dessin automatique
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
109
George Grosz
Krieg Tumult
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
110
Matta
Morphologie des significations...
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
111
Matta
To Picture Orbits for the Most Complex Conflicts
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
112
Wifredo Lam
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
113
Oscar Domínguez
Nus des femmes
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
114
Jackson Pollock
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $125,000
115
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $187,500
116
Sam Francis
Hydra
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
117
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
118
Sam Francis
Untitled (Circle Entre Noir et Blanc)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
119
Willem de Kooning
Eight works: (i-viii) Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $150,000
120
Philip Guston
Camera Ready, Like a Dream
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
121
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $150,000
122
William Anastasi
Pocket Drawing
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
123
Mark Tobey
Composition with Blue and Red
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
124
Wayne Thiebaud
Pie
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $175,000
125
Claes Oldenburg
Cake Slice
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
126
Claes Oldenburg
Map of Chicago Stuffed with Soft Numbers
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
127
Robert Morris
Column, Two Positions, 1961
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
128
Carl Andre
7 Copper Weather Row
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $93,750
129
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
130
Mel Bochner
Untitled (Estimating an 8" x 8" Square)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
131
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
132
Sol LeWitt
Incomplete Open Cube 6/10
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
133
Sol LeWitt
Incomplete Open Cube 6/21
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
134
Bruce Nauman
RAW/WAR
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $81,250
135
Bruce Nauman
Modern (Production) Slant Stool
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
136
Fred Sandback
Untitled (4 drawings for 16 two-part pieces for the John Weber Gallery)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
137
Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
138
Robert Mangold
Ellipse Within a Rectangle #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
139
Richard Tuttle
Three Drawings from the Whitney Series
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
140
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
141
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
142
Gerhard Richter
Ohne Titel (2.2.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $93,750
143
Gerhard Richter
Ohne Titel (2.1.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
144
William Nelson Copley
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,250
145
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Flick)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,125
146
Marlene Dumas
The Apple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
147
Raoul Dufy
Nu dans l'atelier de la place Arago à Perpignan
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
148
Raoul Dufy
Régates à Deauville
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $399,000
149
This lot is no longer available.
150
Raoul Dufy
Le port du Havre
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
151
Raoul Dufy
Arlequin à Venise
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
152
Raoul Dufy
Hommage à Bach
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
153
Raoul Dufy
Le Grand Orchestre
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
154
Raoul Dufy
Étude pour le bar du Palais de Chaillot
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
155
Raoul Dufy
Le jardin des plantes
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
156
Georges Seurat
L'Homme à femmes
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
157
Kurt Schwitters
Mz 30,3
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $100,000
158
Max Ernst
Le peuple des oiseaux
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
159
Jean (Hans) Arp
Gesticulant
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
160
Joan Miró
Painting III
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
161
Joan Miró
Figure en état de métamorphose (Figure in a State of Metamorphosis)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $237,500
162
Marc Chagall
Femme et vase de fleurs
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $225,000
163
Rufino Tamayo
Hombre y la luna
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
164
Diego Rivera
Don Lupito
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $591,000
165
Salvador Dalí
Don Quichotte
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $187,500
166
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
167
Roberto Matta
XXIII
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $150,000
168
Diego Rivera
Girl Holding Flowers
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
169
Jean Dufy
Le concert
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
170
Jean Dubuffet
Mire G 32 (Kowloon)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $250,000
171
Jean Dubuffet
Figure VIII
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $262,500
172
William Baziotes
Circus Abstraction
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
173
Mark Tobey
Between Black and White
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $531,000
174
Carol Rama
La guerra è astratta
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
175
Lee Bontecou
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
176
Milton Avery
Nude by the Sea
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
177
Wayne Thiebaud
Cosmetic Lady
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $471,000
178
Wayne Thiebaud
San Francisco Shore
Estimate $450,000 - 600,000
179
Ruth Asawa
Untitled (SD.085, Sculpture Drawing: Tied wire with 8 branches)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
180
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Champagne Cork Wire Figure)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
181
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Man, Woman, Bird and Sun)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
182
Alexander Calder
Pont du gard
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
183
Alexander Calder
Four Dots with Brass Tail
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $483,000
184
David Smith
Spectre
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $471,000
185
Hans Hofmann
The Secret Source
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $225,000
186
Sam Francis
Face to Face
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
187
David Smith
DS 3/4/52
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
188
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $55,000
189
Richard Pousette-Dart
Blue Enstrata
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
190
Richard Pousette-Dart
Center of the World
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
191
Richard Pousette-Dart
Mission
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,000
192
Helen Frankenthaler
Red Shift
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $759,000
193
Robert Motherwell
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $112,500
194
Robert Motherwell
I.H. Series No. 26
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
195
Robert Motherwell
Yeats' Tower
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
196
Lee Krasner
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
197
Willem de Kooning
Woman
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $495,000
198
Esteban Vicente
Bamba
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $43,750
199
Larry Poons
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
200
Adolph Gottlieb
Petal
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $212,500
201
Arshile Gorky
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
202
Arshile Gorky
Musical Abstraction
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
203
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Awakening
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $399,000
204
Helen Frankenthaler
Cape Breton
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
205
Helen Frankenthaler
Matt Series
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $77,500
206
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $118,750
207
Sam Francis
Untitled (Blue Balls)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $77,500
208
Beauford Delaney
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $118,750
209
Friedel Dzubas
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $325,000
210
Arshile Gorky
Untitled (Drawing for 'Young Cherry Secured against Hares')
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
211
Hans Hofmann
The Serpent
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
212
Jules Olitski
Untitled-Seven
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $447,000
213
Kenneth Noland
Recovers
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $175,000
214
Sam Middleton
Jazz on Easter Sunday
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,500
215
Conrad Marca-Relli
S-5-62
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
216
James Brooks
Ehr
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
217
Fritz Bultman
Rosa Park - The Nurses of the Afternoon
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
218
Mark di Suvero
From Antarctica
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
219
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
220
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
221
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
222
Louise Nevelson
Floating Cloud Cryptic VIX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,500
223
Jasper Johns
Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $212,500
224
Andy Warhol
Brillo Soap Pads Box (Pasadena Type)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
225
Jim Dine
Crescent Wrench
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
226
Jim Dine
Harry Mathews Skis the Vercour
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
227
Jim Dine
A Study/ Your Yard
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
228
Ed Ruscha
Porch
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $483,000
229
Andy Warhol
Silvio Castelli
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $118,750
230
Andy Warhol
Michael Walsh
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
231
Roy Lichtenstein
Untitled Head I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
232
Robert Indiana
Art
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,250
233
Robert Rauschenberg
Spindle Top Rock Glut
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
234
Andy Warhol
Piss Painting
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
235
Claes Oldenburg
Fagend Study
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $93,750
236
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Falling Notes
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
237
Andy Warhol
Tom Royal
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
238
Andy Warhol
Price War
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
239
Christo
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $93,750
240
Tom Wesselmann
Open Ended Nude Drawing Edition #67
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $47,500
241
Ed Ruscha
Fleetwood
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
242
Fernando Botero
Torero
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $250,000
243
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $281,250
244
Fernando Botero
Still Life with Bottle
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $399,000
245
León Ferrari
Esfera (Sphere)
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
246
Jesús Rafael Soto
Rectangles et Carres
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
247
George Rickey
Four Rectangles Oblique II
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
248
George Rickey
Four Cubes with Gimbal II
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
249
Edgar Negret
Sol
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
250
Niki de Saint Phalle
Pouf serpent bleu
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
251
Frank Stella
Drawing for Ossipee III
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $32,500
252
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Fire Red
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
253
Ralph Goings
Rock Ola
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 14 November 2018

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Mark Tobey

Composition with Blue and Red

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session