Untitled

1957

Mark Rothko

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

Rectangular fields of pale burnt orange and sage green hover at the center of the composition against a muted mauve-purple background in this vertical abstract painting. The larger horizontal orange rectangle is stacked over the green, and they are separated by a narrow strip of the fuchsia background. The edges of the rectangles are soft and the fields of color are mottled. The green paint seems to have been applied over an area of fire orange, and the orange surfaces in some places, especially along the bottom edge of the green shape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 231.9 x 176.7 cm (91 5/16 x 69 9/16 in.)
    framed: 244.8 x 189.2 x 7.6 cm (96 3/8 x 74 1/2 x 3 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.154

  • 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

1992

  • Mito Annual '93: Another World, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, Japan, 1992-1993, no. 1, repro.

2008

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, 2008-2009, no cat.

2011

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

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. 40, repro.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 320, repro.

1993

  • Hiromoto, Nobuyuki. Mark Rothko. Tokyo, 1993: no. 79, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 595, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1957; upper right verso, possibly not by the artist: #11 - 1958 MARK ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q20194979

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