[Tiresias]
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Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (34.9 x 21.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
SRGM 1040.78
Collection
Collections of Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 27, 1978 – January 14, 1979, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 7 – August 20, 2005, cat. 21, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, cat. 2, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 34, as Ohne Titel (Skizze zu Teiresias) / Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 34, as Ohne Titel (Skizze zu Teiresias) / Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Formas biográficas: Construcción y mitología individual, Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofía, November 27, 2013 – March 31, 2014, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias) [Sin título (Boceto para Tiresias)].
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 7 – August 20, 2005, cat. 21, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, cat. 2, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 34, as Ohne Titel (Skizze zu Teiresias) / Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 34, as Ohne Titel (Skizze zu Teiresias) / Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias).
Formas biográficas: Construcción y mitología individual, Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofía, November 27, 2013 – March 31, 2014, as Untitled (Sketch for Tiresias) [Sin título (Boceto para Tiresias)].
References
Wick, Oliver. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 7, 11, 69, cat. 21 (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. 2 (color).
Wick, Oliver, ed. Mark Rothko. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, 199, cat. 2 (color).
Nodelman, Sheldon. “The Unknown Rothko.” Art in America 96, no. 2 (February 2008): 101.
Gassner, Hubertus. “‘Das Entsetzen oder die Hoffnung’: Mark Rothko sieht Pierre Bonnard.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 167, 175, cat. 34 (color).
Boehm, Gottfried. “Das Lebendige: Rothkos Zugänge zum Bild.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 181, cat. 34 (color).
Gassner, Hubertus, Christiane Lange, and Oliver Wick. Mark Rothko Retrospektive. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 167, 175, 181, 212, cat. 34 (color).
Schüppel, Katharina Christa. “From Myth to Abstraction. Mark Rothko and the New York School 1945-1970.” In Rothko / Giotto, edited by Stefan Weppelmann and Gerhard Wolf. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 2009: 99, fig. 6 (color).
Weppelmann, Stefan, and Gerhard Wolf, eds. Rothko / Giotto. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 2009: 99, fig. 6 (color).
Chevrier, Jean-François, and Élia Pijollet. Formas biográficas: Construcción y mitología individual. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2013: 148, 402, fig. 63 (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. 2 (color).
Wick, Oliver, ed. Mark Rothko. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 14, 199, cat. 2 (color).
Nodelman, Sheldon. “The Unknown Rothko.” Art in America 96, no. 2 (February 2008): 101.
Gassner, Hubertus. “‘Das Entsetzen oder die Hoffnung’: Mark Rothko sieht Pierre Bonnard.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 167, 175, cat. 34 (color).
Boehm, Gottfried. “Das Lebendige: Rothkos Zugänge zum Bild.” In Mark Rothko Retrospektive, by Hubertus Gassner et al. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 181, cat. 34 (color).
Gassner, Hubertus, Christiane Lange, and Oliver Wick. Mark Rothko Retrospektive. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 167, 175, 181, 212, cat. 34 (color).
Schüppel, Katharina Christa. “From Myth to Abstraction. Mark Rothko and the New York School 1945-1970.” In Rothko / Giotto, edited by Stefan Weppelmann and Gerhard Wolf. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 2009: 99, fig. 6 (color).
Weppelmann, Stefan, and Gerhard Wolf, eds. Rothko / Giotto. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 2009: 99, fig. 6 (color).
Chevrier, Jean-François, and Élia Pijollet. Formas biográficas: Construcción y mitología individual. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2013: 148, 402, fig. 63 (color).
Remarks
This drawing relates closely to a 1944 canvas, Tiresias, the title of which refers to the blind prophet of Thebes described in Greek mythology (fig. 1).
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1. Mark Rothko, Tiresias, 1944, oil and charcoal on canvas, 79 3/4 x 39 7/8 in., Collection of Christopher Rothko, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 247]
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