The Omen, 1943

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 48.9 x 33 cm (19 1/4 x 13 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.128

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper center reverse: Mark Rothko / 22 W 52 / The Omen / $100; lower right reverse, sideways: MARK ROTHKO / 1943

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

Exhibition History

1943: Small in Size, Gallery of Modern Art, New York, 1943, no cat.

1978: Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978, no. 27.

1993: Extended loan for use by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1993-

Bibliography

1988: Polcari, Steven. "Mark Rothko: Heritage, Environment, and Tradition." Smithsonian Studies in American Art 2, no. 2 (1988): 44, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 293, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 216, repro.