Family

c. 1936

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: 51.4 × 76.5 cm (20 1/4 × 30 1/8 in.)
    framed: 60.64 × 86.36 × 8.57 cm (23 7/8 × 34 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.97

  • 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

1937

  • The Ten, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, 1937, no cat.

1994

  • Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 1994, unnumbered checklist, pl. 17.

2013

  • Mark Rothko: Paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie [National Museum], Warsaw, 2013, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2019

  • Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019, no. 4, repro.

Bibliography

1937

  • "The Ten at Passedoit's." The Art Digest 11 (1937): 23.

  • Kainen, Jacob. "Art: The Ten." Daily Worker (1937): 7.

  • Genauer, Emily. "Skillful and Sincere." New York World Telegram (1937): 10A.

  • Klein, Jerome. "Third Show by The Ten Winds Up Busy Season." New York Post (1937): 26.

  • von Wiegand, Charmion. "The Fine Arts." New Masses 23 (1937): 32-33.

1989

  • Chave, Anna C. Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction. New Haven, 1989: 52, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 280, repro.

1993

  • Breslin, James E. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago and London, 1993: no. 3, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 89, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Rothkowitz; lower center reverse, inverted: Rothkowitz / Family

Wikidata ID

Q20193026

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