No. 10, 1949

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 141 x 81.4 cm (55 1/2 x 32 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.145

Artists / Makers

Mark Rothko (painter) American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1948; on former upper strainer member: 1948 #10; on former horizontal crossbar member: #10 - 1948

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

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

Exhibition History

1961: Mark Rothko: A Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings 1945-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1961, no. 7, repro.

1961: Mark Rothko, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1961, no. 7.

1962: Mark Rothko, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 1962, no. 7, repro.

1962: Mark Rothko, Kunsthalle Basel, 1962, no. 7.

1962: Mark Rothko, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1962, no. 7.

1971: Rosc '71: The Poetry of Vision, An International Exhibition of Modern Art from Outside Ireland and Viking Age Art, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, 1971, no. 108, repro.

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

1998: Mark Rothko: The Spirit of Myth, Early Paintings from the 1930s and 1940s (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1998.

2003: Mark Rothko: A Centennial Celebration, State Museum of Art, Riga; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003-2004, unnumbered brochure.

2005: The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2005-2006, brochures, no. 15, 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.

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

Bibliography

1972: Rosenberg, Harold. The De-definition of Art. London, 1972: 102, repro.

1991: Grunenberg, Christoph. Mark Rothko. Washington, D.C., 1991: 13-14, fig. 10.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 313, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 418, repro.