[Untitled]

[Untitled]

Date

Medium

Watercolor, ink, scrubbing

Support

Watercolor paper

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (51.9 x 72.7 cm)

Inscription

lower left in red paint: MARK ROTHKO

Estate/Inventory Number

1127.40

Collection

Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Provenance

Estate of the Artist, 1970

Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970

Estate of the Artist, 1977–1988

Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel, 1988

Exhibitions

The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 – September 14, 1986, cat. 119, as Untitled.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Whitney Museum of American Art, November 13, 1986 – January 21, 1987, cat. 119, as Untitled.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, cat. 119, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko: The Watercolors, 1941–1947, Pace Gallery, New York, May 2 – June 20, 2014, as Untitled.

References

Waldman, Diane. Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: cat. 49 (b/w).
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: 196, cat. 119 (color).
Lawrence, James. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1941–1947. Pace Gallery, New York, 2014: 87, 63 (color).
Glimcher, Arne. Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace. Pace Gallery, New York, 2019: 274.