- Inscription
- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
Overview
No overview.
Inscription
lower left reverse, sideways: MARK ROTHKO / 1961 [sic]
Marks and Labels
null
Provenance
The artist [1903-1970]; his estate; consigned 1970 to (Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York); transferred 1977 back to the artist's estate;[1] transferred 1979 to The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York; gift 1985 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1978
- Mark Rothko: The 1958-1959 Murals, The Pace Gallery, New York, 1978, brochure, repro., as Untitled.
- 1998
- Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 79 (NGA/WMAA cat.) and no. 47 (Paris cat.), repro.
- 2000
- Farbe > Licht [Color to Light], Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2000, no. 87, repro.
- 2000
- Loan to display with permanent collection, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2000, no cat.
- 2000
- Mark Rothko, 'A consummated experience between picture and onlooker', Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2000-2001, no. 45, repro.
- 2001
- Mark Rothko Rooms, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogue.
- 2003
- Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003-2007.
- 2008
- Rothko: The Late Series, Tate Modern, London; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura-shi, Japan, 2008-2009, unnumbered checklist, repro.
Bibliography
- 1984
- Allen, Jane Addams. "National Gallery Chosen for Rothko Gift." Washington Times (1984): B3, repro.
- 1984
- Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. New York, 1984: 45, repro.
- 1989
- Gassert, Sigmar. "Mutige, simulierende Kombination." Basler Zeitung. (1989): 45, repro.
- 1989
- Kellein, Thomas. Mark Rothko: Kaaba in New York. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle, Basel, 1989: 43, 63, two repros.
- 1989
- Kind, Yvonne. "Hoch und Heilig." Schweizer Illustrierte (1989): 118, repro.
- 1990
- Grunenberg, Christopher. Mark Rothko: The Spirit of Myth. Early Paintings from the 30's and 40's. Exh. cat. NGA National Lending Service exhibition, Washington, D.C., 1990: 17.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 323, repro.
- 1993
- Amishai-Maisels, Ziva. Depiction and Interpretation: The Influence of the Holocaust on the Visual Arts. Oxford, 1993: 71, repro.
- 1993
- Breslin, James E.B. Mark Rothko; A Biography. Chicago and London, 1993.
- 1996
- Brady, Joan. Death Comes to Peter Pan. London, 1996: cover repro.
- 1997
- Cernuschi, Claude. "Not an Illustration but the Equivalent": A Cognitive Approach to Abstract Expressionism. Madison, 1997: 106, repro.
- 1998
- Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 652, repro., as Mural for End Wall {Untitled} [Seagram Mural].
- 2008
- Georges Braque. Exh. cat. Bank Austria Kunsforum, Vienna, 2008-2009. Vienna and Ostfildern, 2008: 75 fig. 6.
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