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Provenance: Estate of the Artist.
Marlborough A.G., Liechtenstein Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Barbara Wescott Collection, Rosemont (acquired in 1972).
Her sale, Sotheby's New York, 20 October 1977, lot 226.
Jeffrey Loria, New York.
The Pace Gallery, New York (acquired in 1979).
The Oliver-Hoffmann Family Collection, Chicago.
The Pace Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1994.
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Exhibited: Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Three Decades: The Oliver-Hoffmann Collection, 1988-1989 (illustrated in colour, p. 23).
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Literature: D. Anfam, Mark Rothko The Works on Canvas Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1998, no. 538 (illustrated in colour, p. 413).
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Notes: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
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Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Untitled
signed and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1955' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
69¼ x 61¾in. (175.8 x 157cm.)
Painted in 1955