The Party
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: 60 x 80.6 cm (23 5/8 x 31 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1986.43.54
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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, 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.
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.
Inscriptions
upper right: Rothko; center reverse, sideways: M.Rothkowitz; upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO
Wikidata ID
Q20193167