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Aubade
1994.005.0001
Date
1944
Medium
Watercolor
,
ink
,
scraping
,
scrubbing
Support
Watercolor paper
Watermark
[Illegible]
: 1943
Dimensions
26 x 19 3/8 in. (66 x 49.2 cm)
Inscription
Lower left in white paint: MARK ROTHKO
Collection
The Phillips Collection
, Gift of Rebecca B. and Julius W. Allen, initiated 1994, completed 2001, 1994.005.0001. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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Provenance
Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, c. 1944
Rebecca and Julis W. Allen, Kensington, Maryland, 1944/1945–1994
The Phillips Collection, 1994
Exhibitions
An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of The Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
, Wadsworth Atheneum, November 7 – 26, 1944, no. 32, as
Aubade
.
Watercolors, Tempera, Gouaches
, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, May 17 – June 8, 1946.
New Acquisitions
, The Phillips Collection, June 21 – September 20, 2001, as
Aubade
.
To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection
, Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, June 5 – September 12, 2010, cat. 101, as
Aubade (Alba)
.
References
Kaye Reed, Judith. "Rugged to Delicate."
Art Digest
, June 1, 1946: 11.
Anfam, David.
Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas Catalogue Raisonné.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1998: 67n135.
Gopnik, Blake. "Art."
Washington Post
, July 15, 2001: G3, G3 (color).
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Galleries Artfully Build Exhibits."
Washington Times
, August 25, 2001: D3.
Frank, Susan Behrends.
American Art 1850–1960: Capolavori dalla Phillips Collection di Washington
. Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, 2010: 234, cat. 101 (color).
Cohen-Solal, Annie.
Mark Rothko
. Arles, France, 2013: 108.
Cohen-Solal, Annie.
Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel
. New Haven, CT, 2015: 89.
Greenhalgh, Adam.
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023: 182, plate 27 (color).
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