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Mark Rothko

No. 6 (?), 1964

East Building, Tower Level — Gallery 615-A

Medium

oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 236.2 x 193 cm (93 x 76 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.43.140

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Inscription

upper left reverse: MARK ROTHKO / 1960; on vertical crossbar member: 7 M.R.; on lower horizontal crossbar member, inverted: M. Rothko

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

1986: Europa/Amerika: Die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1986, no. 147, repro.

1987: Mark Rothko 1903-1970, The Tate Gallery, London; Fundación Juan March, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1987-1988, no. 81 (London catalogue), no. 43 (Madrid catalogue), no. 59 (Cologne catalogue), repros.

1988: La Couleur Seule: L'Experience du Monochrome, Musée Saint Pierre Art Contemporain, Lyon, 1988, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

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. 59 (Paris cat.), repro. (shown only in Paris).

2006: Black Paintings, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2006-2007, no. 48, repro.

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. 49, repro.

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

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 327, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: no. 779, repro.