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soldMar. 07, 2023ALTON S. TOBEY (U.S., 1914-2005).
Est: $100 - $1,000Horses. Ink on paper. Signed lower right. From a Cortlandt Manor, NY estate.
Clarke Auction Gallery
soldDec. 03, 2022Alton S. Tobey (American, 1914-2005), Untitled (Mural Study)
Est: $800 - $1,200Alton S. Tobey (American, 1914-2005) Untitled (Mural Study) oil on panel signed "Alton S. Tobey" (lower right) 50 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (frame) 8 1/4 x 43 inches (sight)
Fontaine's Auction Gallery
soldNov. 17, 2022Alton Tobey, Beethoven, Pastel on Paper
Est: $1,500 - $2,000Artist: Alton Tobey, American (1914 - 2005) Title: Beethoven Year: 1974 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 25 x 19.5 inches Size: 35.5 x 41 in. (90.17 x 104.14 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
soldFeb. 17, 2022Alton Tobey, Beethoven, Pastel on Paper
Est: $1,200 - $1,500Artist: Alton Tobey, American (1914 - 2005) Title: Beethoven Year: 1974 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 25 x 19.5 inches Size: 35.5 x 41 in. (90.17 x 104.14 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
soldJun. 20, 2021ALTON TOBEY (AMERICAN, 1914-2005).
Est: $600 - $900Oil on canvas. Landscape. Signed lower left. From a Greenwich, CT collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
soldJun. 19, 2021Alton Tobey (1914 - 2005) A Country in Chaos
Est: $1,000 - $2,000Featured in this lot is this framed oil on board called A Country in Chaos Alton S. Tobey; original oil painting from The Golden Book History of the United States a book by Earl Schenck Miers. The painting shows shows a homestead with cattle grazing and a woman attending the herd by her cabin on a hill with a beautiful view of a valley and a dirt road leading to her neighbors. Alton Stanley Tobey (5 November 1914 - 4 January 2005), the American artist, was a painter, historical artist, muralist, portraitist, illustrator, and teacher of art. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and in 1934 won a scholarship to the Yale University School of Fine Arts. After his military service, he completed his masters degree at Yale and taught there for a period. The condition of this oil on board painting is good with no obvious signs of damage to the artwork and shows slight wear to the frame but in good overall condition. The measurements of this framed artwork is 21 1/4" x 27 1/4" and the visible art measures 17 1/2" x 23 1/2".
North American Auction Company
soldMar. 24, 2021ALTON STANLEY TOBEY (AMERICAN, 1914-2005) FIGURE Graphite on paper: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (sight), 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (framed)
Est: $200 - $300ALTON STANLEY TOBEY (AMERICAN, 1914-2005) FIGURE Graphite on paper: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (sight), 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (framed) Framed; center signed: Alton S Tobey
Potomack Company
soldDec. 14, 2020Alton S. Tobey (Connecticut, 1914-2005), oil on board, depicts white and grey angular geometric forms and lines against black backgr...
Est: $125 - $250Alton S. Tobey (Connecticut, 1914-2005), oil on board, depicts white and grey angular geometric forms and lines against black background, signed in shape left center, not examined out of frame, wear consistent with age, 24" h. x 18" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
soldSep. 06, 2020Alton Tobey (CT,1914-2005) oil painting
Est: $700 - $800ARTIST: Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) NAME: Christmas Eve MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 20 inches / 50 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 30 inches / 75 x 75 cm SIGNATURE: Lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 115956 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $90 + insurance. Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and in 1934 won a scholarship to the Yale University School of Fine Arts. After his military service, he completed his masters degree at Yale and taught there for a period. Alton Stanley Tobey resided for most of his life in the village of Larchmont, part of the town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York. He was married to Roslyn Tobey, an esteemed piano teacher and musician. Their son, David Tobey, is a painter and musician. Alton Tobey died on January 4, 2005 at a nursing home in Mamaroneck, New York. The New York Times obituary, by Wolfgang Saxon, described Alton Tobey as "a muralist, portraitist, and illustrator whose renderings of famous events and faces hang in museums, libraries, public buildings, corporate offices, and private collections." Tobey is ranked by the Artists Trade Union of Russia amongst the world-best artists of the last four centuries" Referring to the dichotomy between his realist works and his curvilinears and other modernist works, Alton Tobey once said, "I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration." Tobey's murals, illustrations, and portraits show him working in the realistic style for which he is best known. The huge murals on historical subjects (first painted in the 1930s, when he worked for the WPA Federal Art Project) are probably the most widely seen of Tobey's works, prominently displayed in many public places in the US and elsewhere. These include public institutions in his native Connecticut; the Smithsonian Institution and other venues in Washington, DC; New York's Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; and even an officers club in Saudi Arabia. Indeed, the Larchmont Gazette obituary (see 'External links') states, "Alton Tobey was best known for the murals, which he called 'symphonies of painting'." Alton Tobey was president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1984 to 1988. As a realist painter and illustrator, Alton Tobey is also famously the creator of the hundreds of paintings which illustrate the twelve volumes of "The Golden Book History of the United States. Additionally, he did many illustrations for SPORT magazine, Life Magazine and Time-Life books. Millions of children, whether they knew it or not, grew up gazing at Alton Tobey's vivid imaginings of historical events (such as this one depicting a scene from the Russian revolution). Michael Bierut wrote for Design Observer magazine a very touching tribute to Alton Tobey that begins: "Alton Tobey died the week before last. Chances are you've never heard of him, but when I was eight years old, I had no doubt about one thing: Alton Tobey was the best artist in the world." Tobey's works are included in the collection of the National Museum of American Illustration. In his work as a frequently commissioned portraitist, Tobey had the honor of rendering many prominent sitters in paint. These included Pope John Paul II, the poet Robert Frost, and Albert Einstein. In fact, it was while Einstein was sitting for his Tobey portrait (during the 1940s), that a cordial acquaintance began which yielded an important gem of artistic inspiration: Einstein's remark that there are really no straight lines in nature led to Alton Tobey's invention of his signature "curvilinear" style - one of his experimental genres. Besides the realist works, Tobey also created less well known paintings in several very personal idioms. Among the several experimental styles, perhaps the most original works (that is, immediately recognizable as having been painted by Alton S. Tobey and no one else) are those in an abstract (or semi-abstract) idiom using a curious "visual alphabet" of his own invention. These he called his "curvilinears" ("Sailboats", shown here, is an example). He created some sculptures in this idiom as well. These abstract works, just as much as those in his realistic vein, display a distinctive and exacting draftsmanship. Also in a modern (or even postmodern) vein are his series of "fragments": bizarre portraits, mostly of famous people, consisting of extreme closeups of only parts of (usually) the head or face, often far off-center. A particularly amusing example is "Thatcher's Thatch", consisting only of the British Prime Minister's famous hairdo jutting up from the bottom of the canvas. There are also grotesque and piercingly angry paintings of social commentary, sometimes verging on protest art, such as "Our Hero", an over-muscled monster with a tiny infant's head, embodying belligerent and stupid militarism. A portrait of Ronald Reagan called "The Making of a President" shows the President's head bizarrely stretched and multiplied across the canvas into a menacing, many-eyed creature, culminating on the far right with a disembodied Reagan smile hovering mid-air, bounded by sphincterish wrinkles which extend creepily into the smoky brown background. It would not appear to express reverence or affection for the Gipper — yet it was painted by the same man who painted this.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
soldAug. 26, 2020Alton S. Tobey Signed Lithograph
Est: $50 - $200Alton S. Tobey Signed Lithograph subject a collage of various American historical scenes in a purple sepia tone, signature to the lower left corner reads Alton S.Tobey, overall in good condition, some yellowing to paper, some bends to paper, measures 20 inches tall by 24 inches wide, not framed, Alton S. Tobey, signed, lithograph, American Art, patriotic art, poster, artwork poster, wall art, home decor, decorative art, historical art. 7
The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc
soldJun. 07, 2020Alton Tobey (CT,1914-2005) oil painting
Est: $750 - $850ARTIST: Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) NAME: Christmas Eve MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 20 inches / 50 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 30 inches / 75 x 75 cm SIGNATURE: Lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 115956 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $90 + insurance. Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and in 1934 won a scholarship to the Yale University School of Fine Arts. After his military service, he completed his masters degree at Yale and taught there for a period. Alton Stanley Tobey resided for most of his life in the village of Larchmont, part of the town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York. He was married to Roslyn Tobey, an esteemed piano teacher and musician. Their son, David Tobey, is a painter and musician. Alton Tobey died on January 4, 2005 at a nursing home in Mamaroneck, New York. The New York Times obituary, by Wolfgang Saxon, described Alton Tobey as "a muralist, portraitist, and illustrator whose renderings of famous events and faces hang in museums, libraries, public buildings, corporate offices, and private collections." Tobey is ranked by the Artists Trade Union of Russia amongst the world-best artists of the last four centuries" Referring to the dichotomy between his realist works and his curvilinears and other modernist works, Alton Tobey once said, "I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration." Tobey's murals, illustrations, and portraits show him working in the realistic style for which he is best known. The huge murals on historical subjects (first painted in the 1930s, when he worked for the WPA Federal Art Project) are probably the most widely seen of Tobey's works, prominently displayed in many public places in the US and elsewhere. These include public institutions in his native Connecticut; the Smithsonian Institution and other venues in Washington, DC; New York's Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; and even an officers club in Saudi Arabia. Indeed, the Larchmont Gazette obituary (see 'External links') states, "Alton Tobey was best known for the murals, which he called 'symphonies of painting'." Alton Tobey was president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1984 to 1988. As a realist painter and illustrator, Alton Tobey is also famously the creator of the hundreds of paintings which illustrate the twelve volumes of "The Golden Book History of the United States. Additionally, he did many illustrations for SPORT magazine, Life Magazine and Time-Life books. Millions of children, whether they knew it or not, grew up gazing at Alton Tobey's vivid imaginings of historical events (such as this one depicting a scene from the Russian revolution). Michael Bierut wrote for Design Observer magazine a very touching tribute to Alton Tobey that begins: "Alton Tobey died the week before last. Chances are you've never heard of him, but when I was eight years old, I had no doubt about one thing: Alton Tobey was the best artist in the world." Tobey's works are included in the collection of the National Museum of American Illustration. In his work as a frequently commissioned portraitist, Tobey had the honor of rendering many prominent sitters in paint. These included Pope John Paul II, the poet Robert Frost, and Albert Einstein. In fact, it was while Einstein was sitting for his Tobey portrait (during the 1940s), that a cordial acquaintance began which yielded an important gem of artistic inspiration: Einstein's remark that there are really no straight lines in nature led to Alton Tobey's invention of his signature "curvilinear" style - one of his experimental genres. Besides the realist works, Tobey also created less well known paintings in several very personal idioms. Among the several experimental styles, perhaps the most original works (that is, immediately recognizable as having been painted by Alton S. Tobey and no one else) are those in an abstract (or semi-abstract) idiom using a curious "visual alphabet" of his own invention. These he called his "curvilinears" ("Sailboats", shown here, is an example). He created some sculptures in this idiom as well. These abstract works, just as much as those in his realistic vein, display a distinctive and exacting draftsmanship. Also in a modern (or even postmodern) vein are his series of "fragments": bizarre portraits, mostly of famous people, consisting of extreme closeups of only parts of (usually) the head or face, often far off-center. A particularly amusing example is "Thatcher's Thatch", consisting only of the British Prime Minister's famous hairdo jutting up from the bottom of the canvas. There are also grotesque and piercingly angry paintings of social commentary, sometimes verging on protest art, such as "Our Hero", an over-muscled monster with a tiny infant's head, embodying belligerent and stupid militarism. A portrait of Ronald Reagan called "The Making of a President" shows the President's head bizarrely stretched and multiplied across the canvas into a menacing, many-eyed creature, culminating on the far right with a disembodied Reagan smile hovering mid-air, bounded by sphincterish wrinkles which extend creepily into the smoky brown background. It would not appear to express reverence or affection for the Gipper — yet it was painted by the same man who painted this.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
soldApr. 05, 2020Alton Tobey (CT,1914-2005) oil painting
Est: $750 - $850ARTIST: Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) NAME: Christmas Eve MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 20 inches / 50 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 30 inches / 75 x 75 cm SIGNATURE: Lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 115956 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $90 + insurance. Alton Stanley Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005) He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and in 1934 won a scholarship to the Yale University School of Fine Arts. After his military service, he completed his masters degree at Yale and taught there for a period. Alton Stanley Tobey resided for most of his life in the village of Larchmont, part of the town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York. He was married to Roslyn Tobey, an esteemed piano teacher and musician. Their son, David Tobey, is a painter and musician. Alton Tobey died on January 4, 2005 at a nursing home in Mamaroneck, New York. The New York Times obituary, by Wolfgang Saxon, described Alton Tobey as "a muralist, portraitist, and illustrator whose renderings of famous events and faces hang in museums, libraries, public buildings, corporate offices, and private collections." Tobey is ranked by the Artists Trade Union of Russia amongst the world-best artists of the last four centuries" Referring to the dichotomy between his realist works and his curvilinears and other modernist works, Alton Tobey once said, "I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration." Tobey's murals, illustrations, and portraits show him working in the realistic style for which he is best known. The huge murals on historical subjects (first painted in the 1930s, when he worked for the WPA Federal Art Project) are probably the most widely seen of Tobey's works, prominently displayed in many public places in the US and elsewhere. These include public institutions in his native Connecticut; the Smithsonian Institution and other venues in Washington, DC; New York's Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; and even an officers club in Saudi Arabia. Indeed, the Larchmont Gazette obituary (see 'External links') states, "Alton Tobey was best known for the murals, which he called 'symphonies of painting'." Alton Tobey was president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1984 to 1988. As a realist painter and illustrator, Alton Tobey is also famously the creator of the hundreds of paintings which illustrate the twelve volumes of "The Golden Book History of the United States. Additionally, he did many illustrations for SPORT magazine, Life Magazine and Time-Life books. Millions of children, whether they knew it or not, grew up gazing at Alton Tobey's vivid imaginings of historical events (such as this one depicting a scene from the Russian revolution). Michael Bierut wrote for Design Observer magazine a very touching tribute to Alton Tobey that begins: "Alton Tobey died the week before last. Chances are you've never heard of him, but when I was eight years old, I had no doubt about one thing: Alton Tobey was the best artist in the world." Tobey's works are included in the collection of the National Museum of American Illustration. In his work as a frequently commissioned portraitist, Tobey had the honor of rendering many prominent sitters in paint. These included Pope John Paul II, the poet Robert Frost, and Albert Einstein. In fact, it was while Einstein was sitting for his Tobey portrait (during the 1940s), that a cordial acquaintance began which yielded an important gem of artistic inspiration: Einstein's remark that there are really no straight lines in nature led to Alton Tobey's invention of his signature "curvilinear" style - one of his experimental genres. Besides the realist works, Tobey also created less well known paintings in several very personal idioms. Among the several experimental styles, perhaps the most original works (that is, immediately recognizable as having been painted by Alton S. Tobey and no one else) are those in an abstract (or semi-abstract) idiom using a curious "visual alphabet" of his own invention. These he called his "curvilinears" ("Sailboats", shown here, is an example). He created some sculptures in this idiom as well. These abstract works, just as much as those in his realistic vein, display a distinctive and exacting draftsmanship. Also in a modern (or even postmodern) vein are his series of "fragments": bizarre portraits, mostly of famous people, consisting of extreme closeups of only parts of (usually) the head or face, often far off-center. A particularly amusing example is "Thatcher's Thatch", consisting only of the British Prime Minister's famous hairdo jutting up from the bottom of the canvas. There are also grotesque and piercingly angry paintings of social commentary, sometimes verging on protest art, such as "Our Hero", an over-muscled monster with a tiny infant's head, embodying belligerent and stupid militarism. A portrait of Ronald Reagan called "The Making of a President" shows the President's head bizarrely stretched and multiplied across the canvas into a menacing, many-eyed creature, culminating on the far right with a disembodied Reagan smile hovering mid-air, bounded by sphincterish wrinkles which extend creepily into the smoky brown background. It would not appear to express reverence or affection for the Gipper — yet it was painted by the same man who painted this.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
soldFeb. 22, 2020Alton Tobey (AM 1914-2005) The Harpist
Est: $200 - $400Alton Tobey (American 1914-2005) The Harpist mixed media on masonite 12 x 12"
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
soldOct. 21, 2018ALTON S. TOBEY PICASSO INSPIRED PAINTING
Est: $300 - $500TOBEY, Alton S., (American, 1914-2005): Picasso Inspired Scene with Fantastic Figures and Shapes, Oil/Canvas, 24" x 40", signed lower left and dated '46, framed 25" x 41".
Burchard Galleries Inc
soldOct. 21, 2018LARGE PAINTING ALTON S. TOBEY
Est: $500 - $800TOBEY, Alton S., (American, 1914-2005): Man Attacking Angel, Oil/Canvas, 72" x 60", signed lower right, framed, 74" x 62".
Burchard Galleries Inc
soldNov. 17, 2016Alton Tobey, Pilgrims, Oil Painting
Est: $7,000 - $9,000Artist: Alton Tobey, American (1914 - 2005) Title: Pilgrims Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.r. Size: 19 in. x 27 in. (48.26 cm x 68.58 cm)
RoGallery
soldSep. 22, 2016Alton Tobey, Beethoven, Pastel Drawing
Est: $1,200 - $1,500Artist: Alton Tobey, American (1914 - 2005) Title: Beethoven Year: 1974 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 25 x 19.5 inches Size: 35.5 x 41 in. (90.17 x 104.14 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
soldApr. 28, 2016ALTON TOBEY, American (1914-2005), Brothers United, oil on board, signed lower right; signed on reverse., 23 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
Est: $3,000 - $5,000ALTON TOBEY American (1914-2005) Brothers United oil on board, signed lower right; signed on reverse. 23 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private Collection, Connecticut. Literature: The painting is featured in Illustration Magazine, volume five, issue twenty, Fall, 2007, page 63. Other Notes: Called upon to honor the Kennedys after the assassination, Tobey created "Brothers United" which was reproduced by the thousands and distributed nationally. It was also made into a calendar in 1969, a copy which accompanies the lot.
Shannon's
soldFeb. 25, 2016Alton Tobey, Beethoven, Pastel Drawing
Est: $2,500 - $3,000Artist: Alton Tobey, American (1914 - 2005) Title: Beethoven Year: 1974 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 25 x 19.5 inches Size: 35.5 x 41 in. (90.17 x 104.14 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
soldAug. 07, 2014Alton Tobey (1914-2005) Architectural Painting #2
Est: $500 - $700A framed oil on board depicting a street side public school by listed artist Alton S. Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005). Signed lower left. Image measures approximately 9.25" x 10.75" and frame 16.75" x 18" x 1.75". Total weight 4.5 lbs.
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
soldAug. 07, 2014Alton Tobey (1914-2005) Architectural Painting #1
Est: $500 - $700A framed oil on board depicting a street corner with architecture by listed artist Alton S. Tobey (Connecticut, 1914 - 2005). Signed lower left. Image measures approximately 10.75" x 9.25" and frame 19" x 17.5" x 1.75". Total weight 4.5 lbs.
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
soldSep. 16, 2013Alton S. Tobey (1914 - 2005) Lithograph, Beethoven
Est: $300 - $400A portrait of Beethoven in the midst of composing, pencil signed and dedicated at the low margin.
Locati LLC
soldSep. 15, 2013Alton S. Tobey (American, 1914-2005)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000Alton S. Tobey (American, 1914-2005), "Wright Brothers Plane Flies at Kitty Hawk, 1903", oil on canvas board, signed lower right, pencil inscribed "G. Press, Vol. 7, p. 588-589" en verso, 18 in. x 26 in., framed Note: Alton S. Tobey' painting "Wright Brothers Plane Flies at Kitty Hawk, 1903" was reproduced as a keepsake two page fold out illustration in The Golden Book History of the United States: The Age of Steel, Volume 7, illustated by Alton S. Tobey, Earl Schenck Miers, and Richard P. Kluga, Golden Press: New York, 1959. Starting Price: USD 1300
Neal Auction Company
soldApr. 25, 2013ALTON S. TOBEY, American (1914-2005), "Homage to Calder", oil of canvas, signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse., 20 x...
Est: $3,000 - $5,000ALTON S. TOBEY American (1914-2005) "Homage to Calder" oil of canvas, signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse. 20 x 24
Shannon's
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