The CMT office in Münster got these two images of a Tobey portrait sculpture which
belongs to a Swiss private collector. It is a bronze patinated plaster, 40 cm high, titled Mark Tobey , signed Ricci Riggenb(ach) and dated Chexbres 64.
The bust might be made in order of the collector Theodor Ahrenberg who
lived in Chexbres, Switzerland, and supported a guest atelier for artists like Tobey, Le Corbusier etc.
The photo (right) shows Tobey and Riggenbach discussing the
portrait in Basel 1964
It is our pleasure to announce the following new edition at Mode Records/New York
. The audio/video production
'Cage:Music/Art/Chess' in the DVD-version of this JohnCageedition documents among other things the friendship between Cage and Tobey
and the inspiration which John Cage got from Mark Tobey's ' White Writing'-paintings from the 40ies. Concerning this subject the CMT accompanied this publication advisory. www.moderecords.com/catalog/158cage.html
December 2005
Arnold Stadler
, Dr. phil., poet, novelist and essayist, is one of the most renowned writers in German language of his generation and
