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Property from the Collection of an American Filmmaker
MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
Untitled (Study for Social Security Building Mural)
Details
MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
Untitled (Study for Social Security Building Mural)
signed 'Rothko' (on the reverse)
oil on gessoed board
18 7⁄8 x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.5 x 34.8 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Untitled (Study for Social Security Building Mural)
signed 'Rothko' (on the reverse)
oil on gessoed board
18 7⁄8 x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.5 x 34.8 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Provenance
Morton M. Deutsch, New York, circa 1945
Private collection, Maine, by descent from the above, 1990
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2009, lot 169
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private collection, Maine, by descent from the above, 1990
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2009, lot 169
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, p. 187, no. 180 (illustrated).
Mark Rothko, "A consummated experience between picture and onlooker", exh. cat., Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2001, p. 25, fig. 12 (illustrated).
Mark Rothko, "A consummated experience between picture and onlooker", exh. cat., Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2001, p. 25, fig. 12 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Marugame-shi Inokuma Gen'ichiro Gendai Bijutsukan; Nagoya-shi Bijutsukan; Tokyo-to Gendai Bijutsukan, Mark Rothko, September 1995-March 1996, p. 85, no. 11 (illustrated).
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Mark Rothko, October 2007-January 2008, p. 94, no. 19 (illustrated).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mark Rothko Retrospektive, February-August 2008, n.p., no. 15 (illustrated).
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Mark Rothko, October 2007-January 2008, p. 94, no. 19 (illustrated).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Mark Rothko Retrospektive, February-August 2008, n.p., no. 15 (illustrated).
Présenté par
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale