Olympian Play, 1943/1944

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 49.9 x 70.1 cm (19 5/8 x 27 5/8 in.)

framed: 59.2 x 78.9 x 6.8 cm (23 5/16 x 31 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.72

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

lower right: Mark Rothko; upper left reverse, sideways: MARK ROTHKO; upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / OLYMPIAN PLAY

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

1946: Oils and Watercolors by Mark Rothko, San Fransisco Museum of Art, 1946, no cat.

2008: American Artists from the Russian Empire, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow; San Diego Museum of Art, 2008-2010, no. 96, repro.

2017: Extended loan for use by Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C., 2017-2021.

Bibliography

1983: Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: 88, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 296, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 228, repro.