The Pugilist

1933

Mark Rothko

Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 54.3 x 45.4 cm (21 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
    framed: 66 x 55.9 x 6.2 cm (26 x 22 x 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.93

  • 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

1934

  • Group Exhibition, Uptown Gallery, Continental Club, New York, 1934, checklist no. 56, as by Marcus Rothkowitz.

1994

  • Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 1994, unnumbered checklist, pl. 22.

2019

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert Frank Pence, U.S. Embassy residence, Helsinki, 2019-2020.

Bibliography

1934

  • Godsoe, Robert Ulrich. "The Art Marts." Whitestone Herald (1934): 5, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 275, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 35, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: M. Rothkowitz; upper right reverse, sideways: M Rothkowitz

Wikidata ID

Q20192917

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