Portrait, 1936

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 91.8 x 55.7 cm (36 1/8 x 21 15/16 in.)

framed: 97.5 x 62.2 x 7.6 cm (38 3/8 x 24 1/2 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.44

Artists / Makers

Mark Rothko (painter) American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Copyright

Inscription

upper center reverse, sideways: Portrait / M.Rothkowitz; lower right reverse: MARK ROTHKO

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 1986 to NGA.

[1] For a detailed discussion of the transactions surrounding the Rothko estate see Lee Seldes, Legacy of Mark Rothko, New York, 1978.

Associated Names

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

Exhibition History

1936: Possibly Oil Paintings by "The Ten", Municipal Art Galleries, New York, 1936, checklist no. 62.

1936: The Ten: 2nd Annual Exhibition, Montross Gallery, New York, 1936-1937, checklist no. 25.

1983: Mark Rothko: Subjects, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2008: Face Forward: American Portraits from Sargent to the Present, Vero Beach Museum of Art, 2008, no cat.

Bibliography

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 81, repro.