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[Untitled]

[Untitled]

1985-19-1

Date

Medium

Watercolor, ink, scrubbing, scraping

Support

Watercolor paper

Dimensions

14.9 x 21 1/16 in. (37.9 x 53.5 cm)

Inscription

Verso in black crayon: MARK ROTHKO

Estate/Inventory Number

1150.40

Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1985, 1985-19-1. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985

Exhibitions

Mark Rothko 1903–1970, Tate Gallery, June 17 – September 1, 1987, cat. 13, as Untitled.
Mark Rothko, Museum Ludwig, January 30 – March 27, 1988, cat. 12, as Ohne Titel.
Watercolors from the Abstract Expressionist Era, Katonah Museum of Art, March 31 – June 3, 1990, as Untitled.

References

Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. New York, 1986: 55.
Tate Gallery. Mark Rothko, 1903–1970. London, 1987: 185, cat. 13 (color).
Weiss, Evelyn, ed. Mark Rothko, 1903–1970. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, 1988: cat. 12 (color).
Wechsler, Jeffrey. Watercolors from the Abstract Expressionist Era. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 1990: n.p..