Untitled (Sketch for Harvard Mural)

c. 1961

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

The image shows a series of vertical lines, some straight and slightly curved, running parallel across the page. In the center, a cross shape intersects one of the lines. The vertical arrangements form rectangular columns, with denser sections suggesting doorways or passageways. The shapes convey architectural elements or a cityscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.59 x 27.94 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.56.631

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1970; The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979; gift to the NGA, 1986

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 6 May - 5 August 1984; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 3 November 1984 - 6 January 1985; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 3 May - 16 June 1985; Milwaukee Art Museum, 22 November 1985 - 12 January 1986; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 9 February - 6 April 1986; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 8 May - 29 June 1986; Fort Worth Art Museum, 21 September - 9 November 1986.

2000

  • "Mark Rothko: A Consummated Experience Between Picture and Onlooker", Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2001, cat. 88.

2014

  • Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 2014-2015.

2026

  • Rothko in Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2026: cat. no. 46, repro.

Bibliography

1984

  • Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts touring exhibition. New York, 1984: cat.no.58.

2026

  • Geuna, Elena, and Rothko, Christopher, editors. Rothko: In Florence. Exh. cat. Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2026: 121, cat. no. 46.

Wikidata ID

Q64596557

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