Untitled

c. 1946

Mark Rothko

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on watercolor paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 103.51 × 68.74 cm (40 3/4 × 27 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.43.175

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

More About this Artwork

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Learn about some of the artists the modern painter was in dialogue with throughout his career.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Mark Rothko Foundation, New York; gift to the NGA, 1986

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978-1979, no. 44.

1984

  • Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum; Portland Art Museum, OR; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Saint Louis Art Museum; Fort Worth Art Museum, 1984-1986, no. 19.

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. 18, 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. 28 (NGA/WMAA cat.), repro. (shown only in Washington and New York).

2023

  • Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2023-2024, no. 41.

Bibliography

1984

  • Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts touring exhibition. New York, 1984: cat. no. 19.

1995

  • "Mark Rothko". Exh. cat. 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. 18.

1998

  • Weiss, Jeffrey, ed. Mark Rothko. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 28.

Inscriptions

Verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO

Watermarks

Whatman 1943: HAND MADE J WHATMAN 1943 ENGLAND

Wikidata ID

Q64595391

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