Untitled
c. 1949
Artist, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor on watercolor paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 104.3 × 69.21 cm (41 1/16 × 27 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1986.43.257
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Copyright
Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1984
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum; Portland Art Museum, OR; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Fort Worth Art Museum, 1984-1986, no. 22.
1999
A Rebours: La Rebelión Informalista (The Informal Rebellion) [1939-1968], Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1999, cat. pg. 263.
2012
Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940-1950, Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Denver Art Museum; The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2012-2014, no. 45, repro. (shown only in Columbia and Columbus).
2023
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2023-2024, no. 47.
Bibliography
1984
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts touring exhibition. New York, 1984: cat.no.22.
1999
Ashton, Dore. À Rebours: The Informal Rebellion, 1939-1968. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional Centro d'Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 1999: p. 263.
Inscriptions
Verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO
Watermarks
Whatman: HAND MADE [undecipherable] ENGLAND
Wikidata ID
Q64595557