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Mark Rothko

Untitled (Seagram Mural sketch), 1959

Not on View

Medium

oil and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 182.8 x 152.6 cm (71 15/16 x 60 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1985.38.3

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1959

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 1985 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

Exhibition History

1978: Mark Rothko: The 1958-1959 Murals, The Pace Gallery, New York, 1978, brochure, repro.

1989: Mark Rothko: Kaaba in New York, Kunsthalle Basel, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1993: American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993, no. 117, repro. (shown only in Berlin).

1995: Mark Rothko, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba-ken; Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1995-1996, no. 37, repro.

2003: Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2007.

2008: Rothko: The Late Series, Tate Modern, London; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura-shi, Japan, 2008-2009, unnumbered checklist, repro. (shown only in Sakura).

2012: The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades; Cleveland Museum of Art; Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, 2012-2013, no. 48, repro. (shown only in Cleveland).

2014: Mark Rothko: Works from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2015: Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015-2016, no. 43, repro.

2016: The Power of Red, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, 2016-2017, no catalogue.

2019: Mark Rothko [German title: Mark Rothko: Dramaturg der Form], Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, 2019, no. 31, repro.

Bibliography

1961: Mark Rothko: A Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings 1945-1960. Exh. cat. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1961: no. 14, repro.

1962: Mark Rothko. Exh. cat. Galleria Nazionale d' Arte Moderna, Rome, 1962: no. 42, repro.

1972: Causey, Andrew. "Rothko through his Paintings." Studio International 183 (1972): 152, repro.

1989: Descombres, Mireille. "Les 'Seagram Murals' forcent le respect." L'Hebdo 12 (1989): 80, repro.

1989: Givord, Christine. "Rothko: buisson ardent." L'Express (1989): 53, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 323, repro., as Untitled (Seagram Mural).

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 650, repro.