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[Untitled]
Date
1945/1946
Medium
Watercolor
,
ink
,
scraping
,
scrubbing
Support
Watercolor paper
Dimensions
29 13/16 x 21 3/4 in. (75.7 x 55.2 cm)
Inscription
verso: MARK ROTHKO
Estate/Inventory Number
1124.40
Collection
Collection of Christopher Rothko
. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970
Estate of the Artist, 1977–1988
Collection of Christopher Rothko, 1988
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: The Surrealist Years
, Pace Gallery, New York, April 24 – May 30, 1981, as
Untitled
.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948
, Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 – September 14, 1986, cat. 120, as
Untitled
.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948
, Whitney Museum of American Art, November 13, 1986 – January 21, 1987, cat. 120, as
Untitled
.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948
, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, cat. 120, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko
, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 17 – November 29, 1998, cat. 20, as
Untitled
.
Mythology
, Pace Gallery, New York, February 22 – April 14, 2012, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: The Watercolors, 1941–1947
, Pace Gallery, New York, May 2 – June 20, 2014, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko
, National Gallery of Art, May 3 – August 16, 1998, cat. 20, as
Untitled
.
References
Waldman, Diane.
Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective
. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: cat. 46 (b/w) [reproduced upside down].
Rosenblum, Robert.
Mark Rothko: Notes on Rothko’s Surrealist Years
. Pace Gallery, New York, 1981: 7, 39, 4 (b/w) [reproduced upside down].
Schimmel, Paul, and Lawrence Alloway.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948
. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 196, cat. 120 (b/w) [reproduced upside down].
Weiss, Jeffrey, ed.
Mark Rothko
. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: cat. 20 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Glimcher, Marc. M
ythology: Alexander Calder, Willem De Kooning, Max Ernst, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Frederick Kiesler, André Masson, Roberto Matta, Joan Miró, Barnett Newman, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, David Smith
. Pace Gallery, New York, 2012: 42 (color).
Lawrence, James.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1941–1947
. Pace Gallery, New York, 2014: 5, 86, 55 (color).
Rosenblum, Robert. “The Surrealist Years.” In
Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace
by Arnold Glimcher. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 25, plate 19 (color).
Lawrence, James. “The Watercolors 1941–1947.” In
Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace
by Arnold Glimcher. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 30, plate 19 (color).
Glimcher, Arne.
Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace
. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 25, 30, 269, 273, plate 19 (color).
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