Untitled

1969

Mark Rothko

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 206.06 × 193.68 × 5.08 cm (81 1/8 × 76 1/4 × 2 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.166

  • 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

1971

  • Rosc '71: The Poetry of Vision, An International Exhibition of Modern Art from Outside Ireland and Viking Age Art, Royal Dublin Society, 1971, no. 111, repro.

1985

  • Mark Rothko: The Dark Paintings 1969-70, The Pace Gallery, New York, 1985, repro. 29.

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 86 (London catalogue), no. 48 (Madrid catalogue), no. 62 (Cologne catalogue), repros.

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. 55, repro.

1998

  • Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 66 (Paris cat.), repro. (shown only in Paris).

2014

  • Tutankhamen, Caravaggio, Van Gogh. La sera e i notturni dagli Egizi al Novecento [Evening and Nocturnals from the Ancient Egyptians to the 20th Century], Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, 2014-2015, no. 104, repro.

Bibliography

1987

  • Bonet, Juan Michel. "Mark Rothko: La pintura al limite." Diario 16 (1987): repro.

1988

  • Haase, Amine. "Mark Rothko/Joseph Marioni." Kunstforum International 94 (1988): 263, repro.

1989

  • Chave, Anna C. Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction. New Haven, 1989: 179, repro.

  • Chave, Anna C. "Mark Rothko-Subjects in Abstraction." Art and Design 5, no. 11/12 (1989): 48, repro.

1992

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

  • Martin, Jennifer, and Claude Massu. L'art des Etats-Unis. Paris, 1992: 571, repro.

1994

  • Beckett, Wendy. The Story of Painting: The Essential Guide to the History of Western Art. London, 1994: 370, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 820, repro.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q20197103

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