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Mark Rothko

Untitled, 1956

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 165.8 x 103.2 cm (65 1/4 x 40 5/8 in.)

framed: 179.1 x 116.5 x 7.6 cm (70 1/2 x 45 7/8 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.160

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1956

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

1986: After Matisse, traveling exh. organized by Independent Curators, Inc., 7 venues, 1986-1988, unnumbered catalogue, repro. (shown only at Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Dayton Art Institute; Worcester Art Museum, 1987-1988).

1991: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, U.S. Embassy residence, Cairo, Egypt, 1991-1994.

2001: Extended loan for use by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2001-2009.

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

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. 34, repro.

2019: Happy!, NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 319, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 570, repro.