No. 6 (?)

1964

Mark Rothko

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

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On View

East Building Tower Level, Gallery 615-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 236.2 x 193 cm (93 x 76 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.140

  • 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

1970

  • Possibly L'Art Vivant aux Etats-Unis, Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, France, 1970.

1986

  • Europa/Amerika: Die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1986, no. 147, repro.

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 81 (London catalogue), no. 43 (Madrid catalogue), no. 59 (Cologne catalogue), repros.

1988

  • La Couleur Seule: L'Experience du Monochrome, Musée Saint Pierre Art Contemporain, Lyon, 1988, unnumbered catalogue, 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. 59 (Paris cat.), repro. (shown only in Paris).

2006

  • Black Paintings, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2006-2007, no. 48, repro.

2008

  • Rothko: The Late Series, Tate Modern, London; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura-shi, Japan, 2008-2009, unnumbered checklist, repro.

2010

  • In the Tower: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, unnumbered brochure.

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, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2015

  • Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-2016, no. 49, repro.

2017

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017-2018.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 327, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 779, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1960; on vertical crossbar member: 7 M.R.; on lower horizontal crossbar member, inverted: M. Rothko

Wikidata ID

Q20196136

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