Untitled (Seagram Mural sketch), 1959

Not on View

Medium

oil and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 267.2 x 289.2 cm (105 3/16 x 113 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1985.38.4

Artists / Makers

Mark Rothko (painter) American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Copyright

Inscription

reverse, on original right vertical crossbar: M.R.; reverse, on original horizontal crossbar, inverted: 1959

Provenance

The artist [1903-1970]; his estate; consigned 1970 to (Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York); transferred 1977 back to the artist's estate;[1] transferred 1979 to The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York; gift 1985 to NGA.

[1] For a detailed discussion of the transactions surrounding the Rothko estate see Lee Seldes, Legacy of Mark Rothko, New York, 1978.

Associated Names

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

Exhibition History

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

2012: The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades; Cleveland Museum of Art; Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, 2012-2013 (shown only in Cleveland).

2019: Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019.

Bibliography

1989: Kellein, Thomas. Mark Rothko: Kaaba in New York. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle, Basel, 1989: 79, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 323, repro., as Untitled (Seagram Mural).

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 653, repro., as Untitled [Seagram Mural for End Wall Sketch].