Man Smoking, 1933

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 81.2 x 60.6 cm (31 15/16 x 23 7/8 in.)

framed: 89.9 x 69.9 x 6.7 cm (35 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.39

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

lower center reverse: 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

1933: Exhibition of Oils, Water-colors, Drawings by Marcus Rothkowitz, Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, 1933, no. 10.

Bibliography

1935: Schwartz, Jane. "Around the Galleries." Art News 32 (1935): 16, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 274, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 37, repro.