Artist Monograph

Mark Tobey, American

American, 1890–1976

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	10	45.5%
Tempera	5	22.7%
Lithography	3	13.6%
Other Media	1	4.5%
Gouache	1	4.5%
Drawing	1	4.5%
Oil Painting	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	21	95.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	4.5%

Production by Decade

1910s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 10
Drawing — 8
Print — 3
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	13.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	81.8%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.5%

Range: 14.6 cm → 121.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1944	1
1947	1
1954	1
1964	1
1967	2
1970	1
1977	1
1978	2
1979	10
1985	1
2005	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Winthrop Parkhurst Drawing Acc. 177.1977	1916	Charcoal on gray paper	21 5/8 x 17 3/4" (55.1 x 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Wolfgang Schoenborn
The Void Devouring the Gadget Era Drawing Acc. 264.1964	1942	Tempera on board	21 7/8 x 30" (55.3 x 76.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Threading Light Drawing Acc. 86.1944	1942	Tempera on board	29 1/4 x 19 3/4" (74.5 X 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Fata Morgana Drawing Acc. 657.1967	1944	Tempera on gray cardboard	14 x 22 1/8" (35.7 x 56.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Remote Field Drawing Acc. 143.1947	1944	Tempera, pencil, and ink on board	28 x 30" (71.3 X 76.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jan de Graaff
Edge of August Painting Acc. 5.1954	1953	Casein on board	48 x 28" (121.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Wild Field Drawing Acc. 658.1967	1959	Tempera on board	26 5/8 x 27 5/8" (67.8 x 70.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Space Wall Drawing Acc. 226.1985	1960	Gouache on board mounted on board	5 1/2 x 5 3/4" (14 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry Ives Cobb
Untitled Drawing Acc. 632.2005	1960	Oil on paper	7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Neumann
Untitled Print Acc. 198.1970	1967	Lithograph	composition: 6 5/8 x 4 13/16" (16.8 x 12.2 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 1/8" (32.4 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Kay Hillman
Clareté I Print Acc. 640.1978	1973	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 3/16 x 9" (33.5 x 22.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 5/16 x 14 3/8" (44 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ira Howard Levy
Chinese Memories Print Acc. 641.1978	1974	Lithograph	irreg composition 28 3/8 x 7 13/16" (72.1 x 19.9 cm) sheet 36 5/16 x 15 3/8" (92.2 x 39.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ira Howard Levy
Early Frost, plate VIII from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.8	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 15 15/16 x 11 1/2" (40.5 x 29.2 cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 5/8" (65.5 x 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Enter the Garden, plate I from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.1	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 15 3/4" (29 x 40 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 25 15/16" (50.2 x 65.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Entwined Lines, plate III from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.3	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 15 7/8 x 11 5/8" (40.3 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 25 7/16 x 19 3/4" (64.6 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Faraway Island, plate V from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.5	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 15 7/8" (29.2 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 25 3/4" (50.6 x 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints
Forest Paths, plate VI from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.6	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 15 15/16 x 11 3/8" (40.5 x 28.9 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 x 19 15/16" (66.2 x 50.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Galaxies, plate IX from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.9	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 11 5/8 x 15 7/8" (29.5 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 25 7/8" (50.7 x 65.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Indian Summer, plate VII from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.7	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 11 3/8 x 15 3/4" (28.9 x 40 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 26 1/16" (51 x 66.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.1-9	1976, published posthumously	Portfolio of nine screenprints	page: 26 3/16 x 19 7/8" (66 x 50.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell in honor of William S. Lieberman
Scattered Light, plate IV from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.4	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 15 15/16 x 11 5/8" (40.5 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 20" (65.7 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints
Song for a Listener, plate II from Meanders Illustrated Book Acc. 1096.1979.2	1976	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 15 7/8" (29.2 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 25 15/16" (50.3 x 65.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints