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No Space Left

Mark Tobey1965/1965

Chrysler Museum of Art

Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, United States

In No Space Left, Mark Tobey fills every single inch of canvas with rhythmic and repetitive strokes. The delicate lines draw on the artist’s study of Eastern philosophies and his experiments with Asian calligraphy. By covering the entire surface with a make-believe script in a technique he called “white writing,” Tobey suggests you shouldn’t try to read his painting like a words on a page. Instead, its mystical meaning must be seen and sensed.

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  • Title: No Space Left
  • Creator: Mark Tobey
  • Creator Lifespan: 1890/1976
  • Creator Nationality: American
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Basel, Switzerland
  • Creator Birth Place: Centerville, WI
  • Date: 1965/1965
  • Location Created: Switzerland
  • Provenance: Joyce and Arthur Dahl, 1968 - possibly 1976; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Bequest Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to Chrysler Museum of Art, 1989.
  • Physical Dimensions: 34 1/2 x 22 in. (87.6 x 55.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
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