Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Mark Tobey American
Not on view
In the 1940s, Tobey’s "white writing" and "all-over line" was associated with Jackson Pollock’s poured painting technique. Tobey said that with his calligraphic technique, "I could paint the frenetic rhythms of the modern city, something I couldn’t even approach with Renaissance techniques."
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: The Way
Artist:
Mark Tobey (American, Centerville, Wisconsin 1890–1976 Basel)
Date: 1944
Medium: Matte opaque paint (estimated tempera) on board
Dimensions: 13 3/4 × 22 1/16 in. (35 × 56 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
Object Number: 2006.32.61
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
