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Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
20 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (52.7 x 37.5 cm)
Inscription
verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO
Estate/Inventory Number
1148.40
Collection
Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Exhibitions
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 – September 14, 1986, cat. 116, as Untitled.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, cat. 116, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: The Watercolors, 1941–1947, Pace Gallery, New York, May 2 – June 20, 2014, as Untitled.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, cat. 116, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: The Watercolors, 1941–1947, Pace Gallery, New York, May 2 – June 20, 2014, as Untitled.
References
Schimmel, Paul. “Images of Metamorphosis.” In The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948, by Paul Schimmel and Lawrence Alloway. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 25, cat. 116 (color).
Schimmel, Paul, and Lawrence Alloway. The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 25, 196, cat. 116 (color).
Lawrence, James. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1941–1947. Pace Gallery, New York, 2014: 85, 27 (color).
Glimcher, Arne. Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 272, plate 10 (color).
Schimmel, Paul, and Lawrence Alloway. The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 25, 196, cat. 116 (color).
Lawrence, James. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1941–1947. Pace Gallery, New York, 2014: 85, 27 (color).
Glimcher, Arne. Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 272, plate 10 (color).
Remarks
This work relates to a 1944 canvas, Ritual, that was exhibited in Mark Rothko Paintings at Art of This Century, New York, January 9–February 4, 1945 (fig. 1).
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1. Mark Rothko, Ritual, 1944, oil, graphite on canvas, 53 7/16 x 39 in., Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986, 1986.1, Copyright Estate of Mark Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [Anfam 232]
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