Horizontal Vision, 1946

Not on View

Medium

oil and chalk on canvas

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.9

Artists / Makers

Mark Rothko (painter) American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Inscription

upper center reverse: Horizontal Vision / 1946 / MARK ROTHKO

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

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

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.