Untitled (sculptress)
1934/1935
Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970
Mark Rothko

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 81.4 x 60.7 cm (32 1/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
framed: 92.4 x 72.4 x 6.2 cm (36 3/8 x 28 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1986.43.46
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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
Exhibition History
1994
Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 1994, unnumbered checklist, pl. 6.
Bibliography
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 279, repro.
1993
Breslin, James E.B. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago and London, 1993: pl. 6.
1998
Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 63, repro.
Inscriptions
lower center reverse: MARK ROTHKO
Wikidata ID
Q20192968