Inscription
upper right: Rothko; center reverse, sideways: M.Rothkowitz; upper left 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.
Exhibition History
- 1940
- New Work by Marcel Gromaire, Mark Rothko, and Joseph Solman, Newman- Willard Gallery, New York, 1940, no cat.
- 1994
- Extended loan for use by Ambassador Donald Blinken, U.S. Embassy residence, Budapest, Hungary, 1994-1997.
- 2001
- Extended loan for use by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2001-2017.
- 2019
- Happy!, NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, 2019 - 2020, no catalogue.
Bibliography
- 1940
- "Exotics and the Groups." New York Times (1940): section 9, 10X.
- 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: 286, repro.
- 1995
- Sawin, Martica. Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, 1995: 98, repro.
- 1998
- Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 138, repro.
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