Untitled (String Quartet)

1935

Mark Rothko

Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on hardboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 70.8 x 91.4 cm (27 7/8 x 36 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.30

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

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

Bibliography

1983

  • Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: 28, repro.

1995

  • Anfam, David, Sumi Hayashi, Nobuyuki Hiromoto, Naoko Seki. Mark Rothko. Exh. cat. Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Toyko. 1995-1996: 29, fig. 22.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 73, repro.

Inscriptions

upper right: Mark Rothko; possibly by Mark Rothko, upper right reverse: 29 East 56th St [?] / NYC / Price $300

Wikidata ID

Q20193016

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