Horizontal Vision

1946

Mark Rothko

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and chalk on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 98.7 x 138.8 cm (38 7/8 x 54 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.9

  • 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

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 19 (London catalogue) and no. 17 (Cologne catalogue), repros. (shown only in London and Cologne).

2007

  • Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2007-2008, no. 37 (English cat.), no. 45 (German cat.), repro.

Bibliography

1979

  • Fujieda, Teruo. "Special Feature: Mark Rothko." Mizue 888 (1979): 49, repro.

1988

  • Kolberg, Gerhard. "Mark Rothko: Meditationsbilder." Kolner Museums-Bulletin 1 (1988): 25, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 304, repro.

1996

  • Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art 34 vols. New York and London, 1996: 27:221, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 296, repro.

Inscriptions

upper center reverse: Horizontal Vision / 1946 / MARK ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q20193852

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