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[Untitled]
Date
1959
Medium
Oil
Support
Watercolor paper
Dimensions
25 5/8 x 19 1/4 in. (65.1 x 48.9 cm)
Inscription
verso: MARK ROTHKO
Estate/Inventory Number
1253.67
Collection
Collection of Christopher Rothko
. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970
Estate of the Artist, 1977–1988
Collection of Christopher Rothko, 1988
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko, 1968: Clearing Away
, Pace London, October 8 – November 13, 2021, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
, National Gallery of Art, November 19, 2023 – March 31, 2024, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway, May 16 – September 22, 2024.
References
Rothko, Christopher and Eleanor Nairne.
Mark Rothko, 1968: Clearing Away
. Pace Gallery, London, 2021: 93, 47 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Rothko Prizel, Kate, Christopher Rothko, Alexander Nemerov, et al.
Mark Rothko
. New York, 2022: plate 252 (color).
Greenhalgh, Adam.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023: 184, plate 51 (color).
Millet-Sorsa, Amanda. “Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper.”
The Brooklyn Rail
(February 2024): 50 (color).
Remarks
The number assigned during Rothko’s inventory of 1968/1969 signifies a creation date of 1967 for this work, but technical and stylistic comparison with similar works suggests that this work was more likely made in 1958/1959.
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