Interior

1936

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

The artwork features an abstract composition with vertical and horizontal lines creating a structured grid-like pattern. The top section contains a framed image within a rectangular frame. The lower section depicts three indistinct figures standing between two forms that resemble sculptures. The use of earthy tones like deep reds and greens combined with textured brushwork gives the piece an aged quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on hardboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 60.6 x 46.4 cm (23 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.43.26

  • 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

1936

  • The Ten: 2nd Annual Exhibition, Montross Gallery, New York, 1936-1937, checklist no. 26.

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 1 (London and Cologne catalogues), repros. (shown only in London and Cologne).

1998

  • Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 3 (NGA/WMAA cat.) and no. 2 (Paris cat.), repro.

2001

  • Mark Rothko - The Realist Years: Selected Works, PaceWildenstein, New York, 2001-2002, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 7.

2007

  • Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2007-2008, no. 82 (English cat.), no. 8 (German cat.), repro.

2016

  • Abstract Expressionism, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2016-2017, no. 5, repro.

2019

  • Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019, no. 2, repro.

Bibliography

1983

  • Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: fig. 1.

1987

  • Fuller, Peter. "London, Tate Gallery: Mark Rothko, 1903-1970." The Burlington Magazine 129 (1987): 545, repro.

  • Packer, William. "Sensations of Light." Financial Times (1987): 21.

  • Spurling, John. "Tragedy in Color." New Statesman 114 (1987): 22.

1988

  • Kolberg, Gerhard. "Mark Rothko: Meditationsbilder." Kolner Museums-Bulletin 1 (1988): 24, repro.

  • Polcari, Steven. "Mark Rothko: Heritage, Environment, and Tradition." Smithsonian Studies in American Art 2, no. 2 (1988): 37, repro.

  • Harris, Jonathan. "Mark Rothko and the Development of American Modernism 1938-1948." The Oxford Art Journal 11 (1988): 48, repro.

1990

  • Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. London, 1990: 46, repro.

1991

  • Dervaux, Isabelle. "The Ten: An Avant-Garde Group in the 1930's." Archives of American Art Journal 31/2 (1991): 18, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 280, repro.

1997

  • Fuller, Peter. "Perustunteiden Maalari." Taide 28 (1997): 31, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 79, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: Rothko; across center reverse: INTERIOR / M.Rothkowitz [this inscription is over an abandoned still-life composition that dates slightly earlier than 1936]

Wikidata ID

Q20193034

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