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[Untitled]
Date
1959
Medium
Oil
,
watercolor
Support
Watercolor paper
Watermark
Whatman 1959
Dimensions
29 7/8 x 22 in. (75.9 x 55.9 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
2111.68
Collection
Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel
. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970
Mary Alice Rothko, New York, 1970
Estate of Mary Alice Rothko, New York, 1970–1977
Estate of the Artist, 1977–1988
Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel, 1988
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969
, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 7 – August 20, 2005, cat. 52, as
Untitled
.
References
Waldman, Diane.
Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective
. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: cat. 187 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Fujieda, Teruo. “Special Feature: Mark Rothko.”
Mizue
888 (March 1979): 38 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Ashton, Dore. “Rothko, obra en papel.”
Arte y parte
, no. 29 (October–November 2000): 38 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Wick, Oliver.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969
. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 70, cat. 52 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Panorama
(Milan). “Finalmente Rothko.” November 7, 1978: 139 (color) [reproduced with top at left].
Remarks
The number assigned during Rothko’s inventory of 1968/1969 indicates a creation date of 1968 for this work. Material and stylistic comparison with similar works, however, suggests that it was more likely made in 1959.
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