Untitled

1958

Mark Rothko

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

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 142.6 x 157.8 cm (56 1/8 x 62 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.150

  • 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

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 59 (London catalogue), no. 47 (Cologne catalogue), repros. (shown only in London and Cologne).

2011

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 2011-2012.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 321, repro. (reproduction is incorrectly inverted, showing top of painting as the bottom).

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 612, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1958; on horizontal crossbar member: M. ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q20195141


You may be interested in

Loading Results