Untitled (Harvard Mural sketch)
1962
Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil and mixed media on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 266.4 x 242.9 cm (104 7/8 x 95 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1986.43.169
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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
1989
Rothko Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1989, no cat.
1995
Mark Rothko, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba-ken; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1995-1996, no. 43, repro.
2003
Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003-indefinite closing.
2014
Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 2014-2015, no catalogue.
Bibliography
1982
Ashton, Dore. American Art Since 1945. New York, 1982: 161, repro., cover ill.
1989
"Mark Rothko." North Carolina Museum of Art: Preview (1989): 10, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 325, repro.
1998
Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 735, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20195873