[Untitled]
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1986.43.260
Date
Medium
Support
Mount
Dimensions
23 13/16 x 18 13/16 in. (60.5 x 47.8 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
1268.67
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.43.260. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Seven Paintings from the 1960s, Walker Art Center, February 5 – March 27, 1983, no. 1, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 18 – September 1, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 20, 2015 – January 24, 2016, cat. 53, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 18 – September 1, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 29, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 20, 2015 – January 24, 2016, cat. 53, as Untitled.
References
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 133, cat. 29 (color).
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. [New York, 1986]: 47.
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Breslin, James E. B. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago, IL, 1993: 495, plate 20 (color).
Ottmann, Klaus. The Essential Mark Rothko. New York, 2003: 101 (color).
Greene, Alison de Lima, ed. Mark Rothko: An Essential Reader. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, 2015: cat. 53 (color).
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. [New York, 1986]: 47.
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Breslin, James E. B. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago, IL, 1993: 495, plate 20 (color).
Ottmann, Klaus. The Essential Mark Rothko. New York, 2003: 101 (color).
Greene, Alison de Lima, ed. Mark Rothko: An Essential Reader. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, 2015: cat. 53 (color).
Remarks
This work was mounted after Rothko’s death by Edward Brown and Alan Thielker, restorers for Marlborough Gallery, New York [Mark Rothko Foundation Archives, National Gallery of Art]. Paperwork documenting the sales transaction between Marlborough Gallery, New York, and William Hallsborough Gallery, London, indicates that the work was unmounted as of April 15, 1972.
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