Contemplation
1937/1938
Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 61.35 × 81.3 cm (24 1/8 × 32 in.)
framed: 68.58 × 88.9 × 8.26 cm (27 × 35 × 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1986.43.38
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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
1940
New Work by Marcel Gromaire, Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, Neumann-Willard Gallery, New York, 1940, no cat.
2007
Perfection and Destruction, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2009
Extended loan for use by Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2009-2014 (with two temporary returns to NGA).
2014
Extended loan for use by Director Shaun Donovan, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.
2019
Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019, no. 6, repro.
Bibliography
1940
Lowe, Jeannette. "Three Moderns: Rothko, Gromaire, and Solman." Art News 38 (1940): 12.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 289, repro.
1998
Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 116, repro.
Inscriptions
uper left: Rothko
Wikidata ID
Q20193089