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1986.43.221
Date
Medium
Support
Watermark
Whatman: ND MADE J WHATMAN 193(9,0?) ENGLAND B
Dimensions
21 13/16 x 27 1/8 in. (55.4 x 68.9 cm)
Inscription
Lower right in black paint: MARK ROTHKO; verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO
Estate/Inventory Number
1128.40
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.43.221. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, May 3 – August 16, 1998, cat. 21, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 17 – November 29, 1998, cat. 21, as Untitled.
A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, National Gallery of Art, November 18, 2001 – April 7, 2002, cat. 76, as Untitled.
Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, February 17 – May 8, 2005, cat. 88, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 12, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, May 3 – August 16, 1998, cat. 21, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 17 – November 29, 1998, cat. 21, as Untitled.
A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, National Gallery of Art, November 18, 2001 – April 7, 2002, cat. 76, as Untitled.
Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, February 17 – May 8, 2005, cat. 88, as Untitled.
References
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 132, cat. 12 (color).
Russell, Marilyn Miller. “Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, the Late Style Reconsidered.” Carnegie Magazine 57, no. 6 (November/December 1984): 34 (b/w).
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. [New York, 1986]: 46.
National Gallery of Art. A Profile of the East Building: Ten Years at the National Gallery of Art, 1978–1988. Washington, 1989: 178 (color).
Weiss, Jeffrey, ed. Mark Rothko. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: cat. 21 (color).
Stewart, Jessica. Rothko entry. In A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, edited by Judith Brodie and Andrew Robison. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 172, cat. 76 (color).
Brodie, Judith, and Andrew Robison, eds. A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 172, 308, cat. 76 (color).
Walsh, Judith. “Drawn to Tradition: Artists’ Paper through the Twentieth Century.” In A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, edited by Judith Brodie and Andrew Robison. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 308, cat. 76 (color).
Ashton, Dore. Mark Rothko. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003: 14 (color).
Dervaux, Isabelle. Surrealism USA. National Academy Museum, New York, 2005: 188, cat. 88 (color).
Anfam, David. “Rothko in the 1940s: Of Time and Tide.” In Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950, edited by Bradford R. Collins. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 81–82, fig. 15 (color).
Collins, Bradford R., ed. Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 81–82, fig. 15 (color).
Russell, Marilyn Miller. “Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, the Late Style Reconsidered.” Carnegie Magazine 57, no. 6 (November/December 1984): 34 (b/w).
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. [New York, 1986]: 46.
National Gallery of Art. A Profile of the East Building: Ten Years at the National Gallery of Art, 1978–1988. Washington, 1989: 178 (color).
Weiss, Jeffrey, ed. Mark Rothko. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: cat. 21 (color).
Stewart, Jessica. Rothko entry. In A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, edited by Judith Brodie and Andrew Robison. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 172, cat. 76 (color).
Brodie, Judith, and Andrew Robison, eds. A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 172, 308, cat. 76 (color).
Walsh, Judith. “Drawn to Tradition: Artists’ Paper through the Twentieth Century.” In A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt, edited by Judith Brodie and Andrew Robison. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: 308, cat. 76 (color).
Ashton, Dore. Mark Rothko. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003: 14 (color).
Dervaux, Isabelle. Surrealism USA. National Academy Museum, New York, 2005: 188, cat. 88 (color).
Anfam, David. “Rothko in the 1940s: Of Time and Tide.” In Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950, edited by Bradford R. Collins. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 81–82, fig. 15 (color).
Collins, Bradford R., ed. Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 81–82, fig. 15 (color).
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