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Mark Rothko

Untitled (vase of flowers) [obverse], 1937/1938

Not on View

Medium

oil on hardboard

Dimensions

overall: 31.7 × 41.9 cm (12 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

1986.56.649.a

Artists / Makers

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

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Copyright

Copyright © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Provenance

The artist [1903-1970]; his estate; transferred 1979 to The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Rothko Foundation, Inc., Mark, The

Exhibition History

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. 2, repro.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 274, repro.

1998: Anfam, David. Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven and London, 1998: nos. 125 and 133, repro.

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