Contemplation, 1937/1938

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61.35 × 81.3 cm (24 1/8 × 32 in.)

framed: 68.58 × 88.9 × 8.26 cm (27 × 35 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.38

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

uper left: 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

1940: New Work by Marcel Gromaire, Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, Neumann-Willard Gallery, New York, 1940, no cat.

2007: 1937. Perfection and Destruction, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2009: Extended loan for use by Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2009-2014 (with two temporary returns to NGA).

2014: Extended loan for use by Director Shaun Donovan, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.

2019: Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019.

Bibliography

1940: Lowe, Jeannette. "Three Moderns: Rothko, Gromaire, and Solman." Art News 38 (1940): 12.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 289, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 116, repro.