Untitled

1958

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

Painter, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

This painting displays three horizontal rectangles stacked on top of each other against a red background. They are separated by thin strips of red. The top rectangle is gray, with some of the red tones from the background seeming to show through. The two rectangles below are white. The shapes have soft, blurred edges that blend with the red background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 142.6 x 157.8 cm (56 1/8 x 62 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.43.150

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1903-1970]; his estate; consigned 1970 to (Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York); transferred 1977 back to the artist's estate;[1] transferred 1979 to The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York; gift 1986 to NGA.
[1] For a detailed discussion of the transactions surrounding the Rothko estate see Lee Seldes, Legacy of Mark Rothko, New York, 1978.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 59 (London catalogue), no. 47 (Cologne catalogue), repros. (shown only in London and Cologne).

2011

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 2011-2012.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 321, repro. (reproduction is incorrectly inverted, showing top of painting as the bottom).

1998

  • Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 612, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1958; on horizontal crossbar member: M. ROTHKO

Wikidata ID

Q20195141

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