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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.

Exhibition History
1940
New Work by Marcel Gromaire, Mark Rothko, Joseph Solman, Neumann-Willard Gallery, New York, 1940, no cat.
2007
1937. Perfection and Destruction, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue, 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.