Untitled, 1964

Not on View

Medium

oil and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 175.5 x 167.6 cm (69 1/8 x 66 in.)

framed: 184.8 x 177.3 x 7.3 cm (72 3/4 x 69 13/16 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.137

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1962; on horizontal crossbar member, inverted: M. 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

1992: Loan for display with permanent collection, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992-2003.

2006: Black Paintings, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2006-2007, no. 51, repro.

2010: In the Tower: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, unnumbered brochure.

2013: Mark Rothko: Paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie [National Museum], Warsaw, 2013.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 327, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 766, repro.