Mother and Child, c. 1934

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 64.1 x 48.7 cm (25 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.)

framed: 74.6 x 57.8 x 6.2 cm (29 3/8 x 22 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.95

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

center left 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

1934: Group Exhibition: American Moderns, Uptown Gallery, Continental Club, New York, 1934, checklist no. 33, as by Marcus Rothkowitz.

2000: Mark Rothko and the Lure of the Figure: Paintings 1933-1946, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 2000-2001, no. 2, repro.

Bibliography

1934: Godsoe, Robert Ulrich. "The Art Marts." Whitestone Herald (1934): 5, repro.

1989: Chave, Anna C. Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction. New Haven, 1989: 47, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 278, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 55, repro.