[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

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.