Untitled
1944/1945
Artist, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor, ink, and graphite on watercolor paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 57.94 × 79.06 cm (22 13/16 × 31 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1986.43.217
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Copyright
Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2003
Paintings and Drawings of Mark Rothko (1903-1970) from the National Gallery in Washington: The Artist's 100th Anniversay, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003-2004, no. 22.
Mark Rothko: A Centennial Celebration, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, 2003.
2005
The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Hong Kong Museum of Art; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2005-2006, no. 9.
El arte de Mark Rothko: Selección de la Galería Nacional del Arte de Washington, Museo de arte moderno, 2005-2006, no. 10.
2013
Figure to Field: Mark Rothko in the 1940s, Denver Art Museum, 2013, no. 16 (in catalogue Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940-1950, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012).
Mark Rothko in the 1940s: The Decisive Decade, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2013-2014, no. 16 (in catalogue Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940-1950, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012).
2023
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2023-2024.
Bibliography
2005
Fine, Ruth and Teresa Arcq. El arte de Mark Rothko: Selección de la Galería Nacional de Arte de Washington. Exh cat., Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2005-2006: 43, no. 10. (in the Chinese Exh. cat., no. 9)
Inscriptions
verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO
Watermarks
Whatman 1941: HAND MADE J WHATMAN 1941 ENGLAND B
Wikidata ID
Q64595506