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Esteemed West Coast Private Collection

Mark Rothko

Untitled

Live auction begins on:

June 24, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000,000 - 6,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Mark Rothko

1903 - 1970           


Untitled

signed and bearing the date 1956 (on the reverse)

oil and watercolour on paper mounted on linen

75.2 by 55.2 cm. 29⅝ by 21¾ in.

Executed in 1959.


The following work will be included in the forthcoming Mark Rothko Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper, compiled by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York

Louise Ferrari, Houston (acquired from the above in 1969)

Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome

Nicolo Leonardi, Milan (acquired from the above in 1971)

Alberto Galimberti, Milan (acquired from the above in 1975)

Barbara Annis, Inc., New York

Dr. Donald Cole, New York (acquired from the above in 1983)

John Herring, New York

Solomon & Company Fine Art, New York

Private Collection, Canada

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 2007)

Acquired from the above in 2016 by the present owner 

Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte; and Bergamo, Galleria Lorenzelli, Mark Rothko, February – March 1971, no. 2, p. 4, illustrated in colour (Rome); no. 2, n.p., illustrated (Bergamo) (dated 1967)

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art; and Oslo, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, November 2023 – September 2024, no. 49, p. 183, illustrated in colour (dated 1956)

Exh. Cat., Turin, Gallerie d'Arte Martano, Mark Rothko, March – April 1971, no. 16, n.p., illustrated

Jean-Jacques Leveque, "Mark Rothko au Musée d'art Moderne: Espace illimité," Nouvelles Litteraires, 3 April 1972, n.p., illustrated (inverted)

Amanda Millet-Sorsa “Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2024, p. 50, illustrated in colour (installed in Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023–24)

Adam Greenhalgh, ed., Mark Rothko Works on Paper, Washington 2018 – ongoing, no. 1262.67, illustrated in colour (online)