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Image

Mark Tobey, designer

The Unknown Pair, 1972

Description

Maker

  • Mark Tobey, 1890-1976, American, designer
  • Edition de Beauclair, publisher

Title

The Unknown Pair

Year

1972

Medium

color aquatint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color aquatint

Supports

  • Heavy weight cream Auvergne à la main laid paper

Dimensions

27.6 x 26.8 cm (10 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In pencil under image on left: "4/96" ; signed and dated under image on right: "Tobey 1972"

Identification

Edition

4/96

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

72.141

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection III

Contemporary Graphics

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Special Genius

September 1 - October 3, 1976

Selection III

April 5 - May 6, 1973

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Unknown Pair with the accession number of 72.141. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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