ID 1059373 
Lot 137  | MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000 
Untitled
signed ‘MARK ROTHKO’ (lower left); signed again 'MARK ROTHKO' (on the reverse)
watercolor, gouache and ink on paper
26 x 19 ¾ in. (66 x 49 cm.)
Executed in 1944.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Pace Gallery, New York
Douglas and Carol Cohen, Chicago, 1981
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2005
Literature
Mark Rothko, 1903-1970: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978-1979, p. 102, no. 32 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pace Gallery, Mark Rothko: The Surrealist Year, April-May 1981.
Newport Harbor Art Museum; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948, July 1986–April 1987, p 174., no 122 (illustrated).
Further details
This work is being considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Mark Rothko Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper, compiled by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
| Artist: | Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Artist: | Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
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