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.
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.
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