Ancestral Imprint
Date
Medium
Support
Watermark
Unbleached Arnold: ENGLAND LINEN FIBRE UNBLEACHED ARNOLD
Dimensions
29 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. (75.6 x 53.7 cm)
Inscription
Lower right in grey paint and graphite: MARK ROTHKO
Collection
Private Collection. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Provenance
Private Collection, 1994–2015
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Exhibition of Watercolors, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, April 22 – May 4, 1946, no. 5, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, The Museum of Modern Art, January 18 – March 12, 1961, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings, 1945–1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, October 11 – November 8, 1961, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, Stedelijk Museum, November 23 – December 27, 1961, cat. 2, as voorvaderlijk stempel.
Mark Rothko, Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles, January 6 – 28, 1962, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, Kunsthalle Basel, March 3 – April 8, 1962, cat. 2, as Urzeitliche Spuren.
Mark Rothko, Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, April 27 – September 1, 1962, cat. 2, as Impronta ancestrale.
Mark Rothko, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, December 5, 1962 – January 13, 1963, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
"The Tiger's Eye": The Art of a Magazine, Yale University Art Gallery, January 29 – March 30, 2002, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, November 19, 2023 – March 31, 2024, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, The Museum of Modern Art, January 18 – March 12, 1961, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings, 1945–1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, October 11 – November 8, 1961, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, Stedelijk Museum, November 23 – December 27, 1961, cat. 2, as voorvaderlijk stempel.
Mark Rothko, Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles, January 6 – 28, 1962, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko, Kunsthalle Basel, March 3 – April 8, 1962, cat. 2, as Urzeitliche Spuren.
Mark Rothko, Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, April 27 – September 1, 1962, cat. 2, as Impronta ancestrale.
Mark Rothko, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, December 5, 1962 – January 13, 1963, cat. 2, as Ancestral Imprint.
"The Tiger's Eye": The Art of a Magazine, Yale University Art Gallery, January 29 – March 30, 2002, as Ancestral Imprint.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, November 19, 2023 – March 31, 2024, as Ancestral Imprint.
References
Jewell, Edward Alden. "Art: Hither and Yon." New York Times, April 28, 1946: 6.
Wolf, Ben. "Mark Rothko Watercolors." Art Digest 20, no. 15 (May 1, 1946): 1.
Stephan, Ruth, and John Stephan. The Tiger's Eye 1, no. 1 (October 1947): 55, 67 (b/w) [reproduced in reverse].
Selz, Peter. Mark Rothko. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961: 43.
Coates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: In the Museums." New Yorker, January 28, 1961: 78-79.
Goldwater, Robert, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko, A Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings 1945–1960. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1961: cat. 2 (b/w).
Goldwater, Robert, Emilio Villa, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1961: n.p..
Selz, Peter. Mark Rothko. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1962: n.p..
Bucarelli, Palma. Mark Rothko. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 1962: n.p..
Goldwater, Robert, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1962: n.p..
Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1983: n.p. (b/w) [reproduced in reverse].
Polcari, Stephen. “Mark Rothko: Heritage, Environment, and Tradition.” Smithsonian Studies in American Art 2, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 42-43.
Wick, Oliver. "Mark Rothko: Seeing Blind and Drawing as Remembrance Commemorated," in Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, edited by Oliver Wick. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Wick, Oliver. "Mark Rothko: Blindsehen oder Zeichnung als kommemorierte Erinnerung," in Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, edited by Oliver Wick. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Wick, Oliver. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Fine, Ruth. “Meaning in Touch: Rothko on Paper.” In Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950, edited by Bradford R. Collins. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 103.
Collins, Bradford R., ed. Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 103.
Davidson, Susan. "Feminism for the Most Masculine: How Two Women Launched an Art Market." In Abstract Expressionism, edited by David Anfam. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016: 309n31.
Anfam, David, ed. Abstract Expressionism. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016: 309n31.
Greenhalgh, Adam. Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023: 22, 27, 182, 190n72, plate 29 (color).
Wolf, Ben. "Mark Rothko Watercolors." Art Digest 20, no. 15 (May 1, 1946): 1.
Stephan, Ruth, and John Stephan. The Tiger's Eye 1, no. 1 (October 1947): 55, 67 (b/w) [reproduced in reverse].
Selz, Peter. Mark Rothko. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961: 43.
Coates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: In the Museums." New Yorker, January 28, 1961: 78-79.
Goldwater, Robert, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko, A Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings 1945–1960. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1961: cat. 2 (b/w).
Goldwater, Robert, Emilio Villa, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1961: n.p..
Selz, Peter. Mark Rothko. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1962: n.p..
Bucarelli, Palma. Mark Rothko. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 1962: n.p..
Goldwater, Robert, and Peter Selz. Mark Rothko. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1962: n.p..
Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1983: n.p. (b/w) [reproduced in reverse].
Polcari, Stephen. “Mark Rothko: Heritage, Environment, and Tradition.” Smithsonian Studies in American Art 2, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 42-43.
Wick, Oliver. "Mark Rothko: Seeing Blind and Drawing as Remembrance Commemorated," in Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, edited by Oliver Wick. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Wick, Oliver. "Mark Rothko: Blindsehen oder Zeichnung als kommemorierte Erinnerung," in Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, edited by Oliver Wick. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Wick, Oliver. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: 30n7.
Fine, Ruth. “Meaning in Touch: Rothko on Paper.” In Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950, edited by Bradford R. Collins. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 103.
Collins, Bradford R., ed. Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940–1950. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2012: 103.
Davidson, Susan. "Feminism for the Most Masculine: How Two Women Launched an Art Market." In Abstract Expressionism, edited by David Anfam. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016: 309n31.
Anfam, David, ed. Abstract Expressionism. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016: 309n31.
Greenhalgh, Adam. Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023: 22, 27, 182, 190n72, plate 29 (color).
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