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Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970)
Lot 20: Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
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Christie's
May 8, 2012
New York, NY, US
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Description
Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Orange, Red, Yellow
signed and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1961' (on the reverse); signed again and with initials 'M. Rothko M.B.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
93 x 81¼ in. (236.2 x 206.4 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Mark Rothko, February-March 1964, no. 4 (illustrated in color).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Collects: Art Since 1940, September-November 1986, p. 20 (illustrated in color).
University Park, Pennsylvania State University, Palmer Museum of Art, Abstraction to Figuration: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Pincus Collection, June-December 1996.
Philadelphia Museum of Art (on extended loan).
Literature
H. Rosenberg, "After Next, What?," Art in America, no. 52, April 1964, p. 69 (illustrated in color, inverted).
D. Sylvester, ed., Modern Art: From Fauvism to Abstract Expressionism, New York, 1965, p. 303 (illustrated in color, inverted).
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, p. 550, no. 693 (illustrated in color).
Provenance
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York
Marloborough Fine Art, Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1967
Notes
Property from the Estate of David Pincus
Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Orange, Red, Yellow
signed and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1961' (on the reverse); signed again and with initials 'M. Rothko M.B.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
93 x 81¼ in. (236.2 x 206.4 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
About the Artist
Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970)
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