Landscape, 1944

Not on View

Medium

oil and graphite on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.3 x 91.5 cm (30 1/16 x 36 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.58

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

lower right: Rothko; upper right reverse, sideways: 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

1944: Group Exhibition, David Porter Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1944, no cat.

1944: On display, Bonwit Teller Department Store, New York, 1944.

1945: A Painting Prophecy--1950, David Porter Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Gerge Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts; City Art Museum, St. Louis, 1945.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 297, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 235, repro.