Untitled (String Quartet), 1935

Not on View

Medium

oil on hardboard

Dimensions

overall: 70.8 x 91.4 cm (27 7/8 x 36 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.30

Artists / Makers

Mark Rothko (painter) American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

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Copyright

Inscription

upper right: Mark Rothko; possibly by Mark Rothko, upper right reverse: 29 East 56th St [?] / NYC / Price $300

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

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

Bibliography

1983: Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: 28, repro.

1995: Anfam, David, Sumi Hayashi, Nobuyuki Hiromoto, Naoko Seki. Mark Rothko. Exh. cat. Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Toyko. 1995-1996: 29, fig. 22.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 73, repro.