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Dimensions
6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
7
Collection
Collection of Christopher Rothko. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 7 – August 20, 2005, cat. 8, as Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, cat. 20, as Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 17b, as Ohne Titel (Studie zu Anfam 189) / Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 17b, as Ohne Titel (Studie zu Anfam 189) / Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, cat. 20, as Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 17b, as Ohne Titel (Studie zu Anfam 189) / Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 17b, as Ohne Titel (Studie zu Anfam 189) / Untitled (Study for Anfam 189).
References
Wick, Oliver. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 23, 69, cat. 8 (color).
Wick, Oliver. “Do They Negate Each Other, Modern and Classical? Mark Rothko, Italy, and the Yearning for Tradition.” In Mark Rothko, edited by Oliver Wick. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, cat. 20 (color).
Wick, Oliver, ed. Mark Rothko. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, 199, cat. 20 (color).
Wick, Oliver. “Do They Negate Each Other, Modern and Classical? Mark Rothko und die Sehnsucht nach Tradition.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 17.
Gassner, Hubertus, Christiane Lange, and Oliver Wick. Mark Rothko Retrospektive. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 17, 211.
Wick, Oliver. “Do They Negate Each Other, Modern and Classical? Mark Rothko, Italy, and the Yearning for Tradition.” In Mark Rothko, edited by Oliver Wick. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, cat. 20 (color).
Wick, Oliver, ed. Mark Rothko. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, 199, cat. 20 (color).
Wick, Oliver. “Do They Negate Each Other, Modern and Classical? Mark Rothko und die Sehnsucht nach Tradition.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 17.
Gassner, Hubertus, Christiane Lange, and Oliver Wick. Mark Rothko Retrospektive. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 17, 211.
Remarks
This watercolor relates closely to an untitled canvas dated to 1941/1942 (fig. 1).
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1. Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1941/1942, oil and graphite on linen, 24 x 31 7/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1986.43.33, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 189]
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