No. 5
1958
Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil and acrylic on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 167.6 x 105.2 cm (66 x 41 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1986.43.162
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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
1991
Loan for display with permanent collection, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, 1991-1995.
2011
The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony (1899-2011), New Britain Museum of American Art; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Wichita Art Museum; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts, 2011-2012, no. 95, repro. (shown only in New Britain, Greensburg, and Wichita).
2014
Mark Rothko: Works from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2015
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-2016, no. 41, repro.
2018
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Duke Buchan, U.S. Embassy residence, Madrid, 2018-2020.
Bibliography
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 321, repro.
1998
Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 614, repro.
Inscriptions
on lower tacking margin reverse, inverted: 1958 #5
Wikidata ID
Q20195051