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1942

Mark Rothko

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.9 x 91.8 cm (29 7/8 x 36 1/8 in.)
    framed: 89.4 x 105.9 x 8.9 cm (35 3/16 x 41 11/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.59

  • 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

1993

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Madeleine Albright, Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations, office at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1993-1997.

Bibliography

1947

  • Collier, Oscar. "Mark Rothko." The New Iconograph 4 (Fall 1947): 41-44, repro.

1983

  • Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. Rev. ed. of 1955 Ph.D. dissertation. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, 1983: no. 198.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 294, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 207, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q20193398

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