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Mark Rothko

No. 7, 1964

Not on View

Medium

mixed media on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 236.4 x 193.6 cm (93 1/16 x 76 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.134

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1964; on upper horizontal crossbar member: 1964 #7

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

1970: L'Art Vivant aux Etats-Unis, Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, France, 1970, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1971: Mark Rothko, Kunsthaus Zurich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Museum Roymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1971-1972, no. 57, repro.

1972: Mark Rotkho, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1972, no. 38, repro.

1978: Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978, no. 180, repro.

1996: Mark Rothko: The Chapel Commission, The Menil Collection, Houston, 1996-1997, no. 15.

1998: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998-1999, no. 60 (Paris cat.), repro. (shown only in Paris).

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

2010: In the Tower: Mark Rothko, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, unnumbered brochure.

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. 50, repro.

2017: Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017-2018.

Bibliography

1979: Fujieda, Teruo. "Special Feature: Mark Rothko." Mizue 888 (1979): 35, repro.

1979: Masheck, Joseph. "Pictures of Art." Artforum 17 (1979): 34, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 326, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 780, repro.