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[Untitled]
1986.43.180.b
Date
c. 1944
Medium
Watercolor
,
ink
Support
Watercolor paper
Watermark
ACM
: ACM WATERCOLOUR
Dimensions
21 x 14 7/8 in. (53.3 x 37.8 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
1038.41
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.43.180.b. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Other Side
[Untitled]
c. 1944
National Gallery of Art
1986.43.180.a
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970
Estate of the Artist, 1977–1979
The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1986
National Gallery of Art, 1986
References
Blinken, Donald, et al.
Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986
. [New York, 1986]: 44.
Remarks
Rothko appears to have been dissatisfied with the way this composition was developing and crossed it out with slashing strokes of black paint before reusing the other side.
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