Untitled

1969

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

This painting is dominated by three black, rectangular forms stacked on top of one another. The center is dominated by a large black square, while the rectangle on the top is a thin horizontal line, and the rectangle in the bottom is about twice as tall as the one on the top. Between and around these rectangles are thin, uneven lines of bright purple. The brushstrokes are visible in both the black and purple paint, creating slight variations in the colors.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic and ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 137 × 107.32 cm (53 15/16 × 42 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.43.274

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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; Fort Worth Art Museum, 1984-1986, no. 80.

2023

  • Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2023-2024, no. 77, repro.

Bibliography

1984

  • Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts touring exhibition. New York, 1984: cat.no.80.

2023

  • Greenhalgh, Adam.Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, 2024: unpaginated, pl. 77.

Inscriptions

Verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q64595577

You may be interested in

Loading Results