Untitled, 1953

Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1953

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

1971

Amerikansk Kunst 1950-1970, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, 1971, no. 59, cover illustration.

1972

Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, 1972, no. 78, repro.

1978

Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978, no. 111.

1983

Mark Rothko: Subjects, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1987

Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 40 (London catalogue), no. 20 (Madrid catalogue), no. 33 (Cologne catalogue), repros.

1995

Mark Rothko, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba-ken; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1995-1996, no. 30, repro.

1998

Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 57 (NGA/WMAA cat.) and no. 31 (Paris cat.), repro.

2013

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

2014

Mark Rothko: Works from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea, 2014-2015.

2015

Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-2016.

Bibliography

1984

Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. New York, 1984: 40, repro.

1986

Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation. New York, 1986: frontispiece, repro.

1987

ABC de las Artes 1 (1 October 1987): 12, repro.

1989

Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: 76-77, repro. 78, 79.

1989

White, James E. Introduction to Philosophy. Saint Paul, 1989: cover ill.

1991

Grunenberg, Christoph. Mark Rothko. Washington, D.C., 1991: 14-16, cover repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 318, repro.

1992

National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 269, repro.

1994

Sepulveda, Luis. Der Alte, der Liebesromane las. Frankfurt am Main, 1994: cover ill.

1998

Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 493, repro.

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