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Mark Rothko

No. 10, 1948

East Building, Tower Level — Gallery 615-A

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 164.2 x 108 cm (64 5/8 x 42 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.136

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper right reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1948; on former horizontal crossbar member: #10 1947

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

1961: Mark Rothko, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961, not in catalogue.

1983: Mark Rothko: Subjects, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

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

2012: Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940-1950, Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Denver Art Museum; The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2012-2014, no. 42, repro.

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. 19, repro.

Bibliography

1983: Fox, Catherine. "Rothko Abstracts Evoke Emotions on Large Scale." Atlanta Journal (1983): 1H, repro.

1984: "Mark Rothko: Subjects." Art Papers 8 (1984): 13, repro.

1989: Chave, Anna C. "Mark Rothko - Subjects in Abstraction." Art and Design 5 (1989): 42, repro.

1989: Chave, Anna C. Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction. New Haven, 1989: pl. 5, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 312, repro.

1993: Zanetti, Paolo Serra. "Rothko o la tragedia di un solitario." Arte 23 (1993): 52, repro.

1996: Engelhard, Gunther. "Abstraktion: Mark Rothko." Art: das Kunstmagazin 7 (1996): 16, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 385, repro.