Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 25 November 2024, 06:00 pm
Lot 77
Mark Tobey, 1890-1976 (US)
Composition rose, 1963
Glue and tempera on cardboard.
H 145 mm W 210 mm.
Signed and dated lower right: Tobey, 63. Typographically dated and titled on gallery label on verso: 1963, Composition rose. Handwritten dedication on the frame cover: To Marisa and Diego Perret with my very best wishes on your tenth anniversary, Mark Tobey, Lausanne, 20th December 1968. (Frame).
| * | CHF | 8'000 / 12'000 |
| * | EUR | 8'500 / 12'700 |
| * | USD | 9'300 / 14'000 |
Provenance:
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne (verso with label);
Swiss Property.
Mark Tobey's personal dedication to Marisa and Diego Perret on the back of this work is a special contemporary document. The collector and patron Marisa Perret-Rezzonico (1936-2022) was in personal contact with numerous artists over the decades and was also friends with Swiss and international gallery owners such as Alice Pauli, Pierre Huber and Jeanne Bucher.