Rural Scene, c. 1936

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 68.5 x 96.8 cm (26 15/16 x 38 1/8 in.)

framed: 73.5 x 101.8 x 5.2 cm (28 15/16 x 40 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.19

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

center left reverse, sideways: 1934 / Rural Scene / MARK Rothko

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 1986 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

1998: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 2 (NGA/WMAA cat.), repro. (shown only in Washington and New York).

2008: Extended loan for use by Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2008.

2009: Extended loan for use by Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 2009-2016.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 281, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 83, repro.