Oceana

Watermark
Dimensions
22 1/2 x 31 3/16 in. (57.2 x 79.2 cm)
Inscription
lower left in paint: MARK ROTHKO; verso: Mark Rothko 125 Oceana
Estate/Inventory Number
1112.40
Collection
Collection of Christopher Rothko. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Remarks
An inscription on the back of this watercolor reads “Mark Rothko 125 Oceana.” The first entry on a list of Rothko’s watercolors in the papers of the dealer Betty Parsons is a work titled Oceana and priced at $125 [Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC].  This watercolor is possibly a work inventoried by Parsons that did not sell and was, according to a Parsons Gallery receipt, returned to Rothko along with twelve canvases and two other watercolors.
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