Untitled (Harvard Mural sketch), 1962

Not on View

Medium

oil and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 266.4 x 242.9 cm (104 7/8 x 95 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.169

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

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

1989: Rothko Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1989, no cat.

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. 43, repro.

2003: Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003-indefinite closing.

2014: Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 2014-2015, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1982: Ashton, Dore. American Art Since 1945. New York, 1982: 161, repro., cover ill.

1989: "Mark Rothko." North Carolina Museum of Art: Preview (1989): 10, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 325, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 735, repro.