MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)

Lot 44
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Lot 44 | MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black]
signed twice and dated 'MARK ROTHKO MARK ROTHKO 1951' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
67 x 54 ¾ in. (170.2 x 139.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950-1951.




Provenance

Marlborough A.G., Liechtenstein, acquired directly from the artist, 1969
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., New York, 1973
Acquired from the above by Anne H. and Sid R. Bass, 1980



Literature

ARTnews, vol. 69, Summer 1970 (illustrated on the inside back cover).
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1998, p. 344, no. 453 (illustrated).
D. Anfam and D. Sobel, Clyfford Still: The Artist's Museum, New York, 2012, p. 44, fig. 34 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, Mark Rothko, March-April 1951.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, 15 Americans, April-July 1952, p. 47 (titled Number 4).
Zurich, Marlborough Galerie A.G., amerikanische abstrakte Malerie, June-July 1973, pp. 4 and 19, no. 15 (illustrated; titled and dated Orange, plum, black, 1951).
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