Untitled, 1969

East Building, Tower - Gallery 615A

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 229.6 x 175.9 cm (90 3/8 x 69 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.164

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

center right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1969; on original upper horizontal crossbar member: M. Rothko

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

1985: Mark Rothko: The Dark Paintings 1969-70, The Pace Gallery, New York, 1985, repro.

1989: Loan for display with permanent collection, Mint Museum, Charlotte, 1989-1992.

1993: Loan for display with permanent collection, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1993-2000.

2008: Rothko: The Late Series, Tate Modern, London; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura-shi, Japan, 2008-2009, unnumbered checklist, 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.

2015: Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-2016.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 328, repro.

1997: Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 198, color fig. 13.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 815, repro.