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The Collector's Eye: Works from The Collection of Frances Wells Magee

Mark Rothko

Untitled

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May 17, 12:56 AM GMT

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4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD

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The Collector's Eye: Works from The Collection of Frances Wells Magee

Mark Rothko

1903 - 1970


Untitled

signed Mark Rothko and dated 1959 (on the reverse)

oil on paper laid down on board

29 ¾ by 21 ¾ in. 75.6 by 55.2 cm.

Executed in 1959.


The following 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, D.C.

Virginia Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles
Bianchini Gallery, New York
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Frances Wells Bernhard, New York (acquired from the above circa 1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery, Group Show, 1962, no. 7
Pasadena Art Museum, Director's Choice, 1963, no. 82
Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery, New York, New York, 1964, no. 17
Yonkers, The Hudson River Museum, Art in Westchester from Private Collections, 1969, no. 101