Untitled (still life with pitcher)

c. 1926

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

This painting shows a large white ceramic pitcher, an apple, and a pear on a light blue cloth draped over a wooden surface. The blue cloth covers most of the surface and is bunched up near the pitcher. The pitcher is placed near the top right corner of the wooden surface, with the green apple in front of it and the reddish-orange pear on the far right. The background is dark brown.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.3 × 30.2 cm (15 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
    framed: 51.44 × 41.28 × 3.81 cm (20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.56.663

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1903-1970]; his estate; transferred 1979 to The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Mark Rothko, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 2012, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 272, repro.

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 6, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20192664

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