Untitled (man with green face)
1934/1935
Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 71.5 x 60.9 cm (28 1/8 x 24 in.)
framed: 82.6 x 72.4 x 6.2 cm (32 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1986.43.100
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Copyright
Copyright © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
More About this Artwork
Video: Investigating Rothko's Technique
Jay Krueger, Head of Painting Conservation at the National Gallery, discusses the exhibition In the Tower: Mark Rothko and the enigmatic black paintings featured in the show.
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
1983
Mark Rothko: Subjects, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1994
Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 1994, unnumbered checklist.
2010
In the Tower: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, unnumbered brochure.
2012
Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Academy Art Museum, Easton, 2012, no catalogue.
Bibliography
1989
Chave, Anna C. Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction. New Haven, 1989: 21, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 277, repro.
1998
Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 65, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20192965