No. 1, 1961

Inscription

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1961

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

1970

Mark Rothko, Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1970, no. 22, repro.

1971

Mark Rothko, Kunsthaus Zurich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Museum Roymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1971-1972, no. 50, repro.

1972

Mark Rothko, Hayward Gallery, London, 1972.

1972

Mark Rotkho, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1972, no. 35, repro.

1978

Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978, no. 160, repro.

1981

Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1981-1982, no. 19, repro.

1983

Mark Rothko: Seven Paintings from the 1960's, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1983, checklist no. 7, cover illustration.

1987

Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 74 (London catalogue), no. 36 (Madrid catalogue), no. 52 (Cologne catalogue), repros.

1992

Mito Annual '93: Another World, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, Japan, 1992-1993, no. 2, repro.

1994

Loan for display with permanent collection, Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1994.

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. 41, repro.

2008

Ammi Phillips and Mark Rothko: Compositions in Pink, Green, and Red, American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2008-2009, no catalogue.

2013

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

2014

Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, unnumbered catalogue.

2017

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

Bibliography

1979

Fujieda, Teruo. "Special Feature: Mark Rothko." Mizue 888 (March 1979): 33, repro.

1983

Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: fig. 15.

1984

Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. New York, 1984: 41, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 324, repro.

1993

Hiromoto, Nobuyuki. Mark Rothko. Tokyo, 1993: no. 56, repro.

1998

Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 691, repro.

2004

Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 451, no. 380, color repro.

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