Totemic Sign / Totem Sign

c. 1946

Mark Rothko

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

Mark Rothko

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and ink on watercolor paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 74.93 × 53.82 cm (29 1/2 × 21 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.43.266

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1946

  • Mark Rothko: Exhibition of Watercolors, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, 1946.

1948

  • Nebraska Art Association: 58th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, NE, 1948, no. 125.

1978

  • Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978-1979, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower right in black paint: MARK ROTHKO; verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO

Watermarks

Unbleached Arnold: LINEN FIBRE UNBLEACHED ARNOLD

Wikidata ID

Q64595568

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