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[Untitled]
1985.63.9
Date
1969
Medium
Acrylic
Support
Wove paper
Dimensions
60 3/8 x 47 5/8 in. (153.4 x 121.0 cm)
Inscription
Verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO
Estate/Inventory Number
2078.69
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1985, 1985.63.9. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Photography Credit
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Image Source: Art Resource, NY
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Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970
Estate of the Artist, 1977–1979
The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1985
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985
Exhibitions
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist
, National Gallery of Art, June 1, 1978 – January 14, 1979, cat. 7, as
Brown and Gray
.
Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, March 11 – June 4, 1995, cat. 63, as
Untitled (Brown and Gray)
.
Expresionismo abstracto: obra sobre papel, Colección The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York
, Fundación Juan March, May 9 – July 2, 2000, cat. 58, as
Untitled (Brown and Gray) / Sin título (marrón y gris)
.
Epic Abstraction
, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 17, 2018 – February 4, 2020, as
Untitled (Brown and Gray)
.
References
Rathbone, Eliza E. “Mark Rothko: The Brown and Gray Paintings.” In
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist
, by E.A. Carmean, Jr. et al. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978: 244, 245, fig. 3 (b/w).
Carmean, E. A., Jr., Eliza E. Rathbone, and Thomas Hess.
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist
. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978: 244, 245, plate 28 (color), fig. 3 (b/w).
Blinken, Donald, et al.
Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986
. New York, 1986: 55.
M. Messinger, Lisa. Rothko entry. In
Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1985-1986
, by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1986: 59 (b/w).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1985-1986
. New York, 1986: 59 (b/w).
Waldman, Diane.
Mark Rothko in New York
. New York, 1994: 29, 32, plate 46 (color).
Mintz Messinger, Lisa.
Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995: 97, cat. 63 (color).
Mintz Messinger, Lisa.
Expresionismo abstracto: obra sobre papel, Colección The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York
. Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 2000: 112, 153, cat. 58 (color).
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