[Untitled]
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1986.56.638.a
Date
Support
Dimensions
6 x 9 in. (15.1 x 22.7 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H 6.4
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.638.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, September 20, 2014 – March 1, 2015, as Figure Composition with Grid.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 18 – September 1, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Variations autour de la crucifixion: Regards contemporains sur Grünewald, Musée Unterlinden, June 26 – September 26, 1993, as Figure Composition with Grid.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, September 20, 2014 – March 1, 2015, as Figure Composition with Grid.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 18 – September 1, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 8, as Untitled.
Variations autour de la crucifixion: Regards contemporains sur Grünewald, Musée Unterlinden, June 26 – September 26, 1993, as Figure Composition with Grid.
References
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 25, 132, cat. 8 (color).
Frye, Melinda Young. “A Spring Quintet: Five Washington Area Exhibits You Won’t Want to Miss.” Museum News 62, no. 5 (June 1984): 72 (b/w).
“Rothko: Works on Paper.” Exhibit 123 (July–August 1984): 6–7, 6 (b/w).
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Lecoq-Ramond, Sylvie. Variations autour de la crucifixion: regards contemporains sur Grünewald. Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France, 1993: vol. 1: 30, 33n52; vol. 2: 75, 81 (color).
Pappas, Andrea. “Invisible Points of Departure: Reading Rothko’s Christological Imagery.” American Jewish History 92, no. 4 (December 2004): 410, fig. 3 (b/w).
Kaiser, Franz-W., Harry Cooper, Henk van Os, and Joost Zwagerman. Mark Rothko: Uit de collectie van de National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, 2014: 110 (color).
Frye, Melinda Young. “A Spring Quintet: Five Washington Area Exhibits You Won’t Want to Miss.” Museum News 62, no. 5 (June 1984): 72 (b/w).
“Rothko: Works on Paper.” Exhibit 123 (July–August 1984): 6–7, 6 (b/w).
Leonard, Michael. “A Search for Spiritual Essence.” Artweek (June 14, 1986): 3.
Lecoq-Ramond, Sylvie. Variations autour de la crucifixion: regards contemporains sur Grünewald. Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France, 1993: vol. 1: 30, 33n52; vol. 2: 75, 81 (color).
Pappas, Andrea. “Invisible Points of Departure: Reading Rothko’s Christological Imagery.” American Jewish History 92, no. 4 (December 2004): 410, fig. 3 (b/w).
Kaiser, Franz-W., Harry Cooper, Henk van Os, and Joost Zwagerman. Mark Rothko: Uit de collectie van de National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, 2014: 110 (color).
Remarks
This drawing is superimposed with a numbered graphite grid, indicating that Rothko may have considered producing an enlarged version. No such version has been found, however.
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