[Harvard Mural study]
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1986.627
Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (12.4 x 18.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H15.2
Collection
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.627. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Photography Credit
Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Tags
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard University Art Museums, August 6 – October 2, 1988, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, November 16, 2014 – July 26, 2015, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals). [Work on view: November 16, 2014 – March 16, 2015].
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 51, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard University Art Museums, August 6 – October 2, 1988, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, November 16, 2014 – July 26, 2015, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals). [Work on view: November 16, 2014 – March 16, 2015].
References
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 49, 134, cat. 51 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. New York, 1986: 54.
Schneider, Mary E. “Rothko’s Studies for the Harvard Murals.” In Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, edited by Marjorie B. Cohn. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 32, 34, 50, fig. 22 (color), 51 (b/w).
Cohn, Marjorie B., ed. Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 32, 34, 50, fig. 22 (color), 51 (b/w).
Wilker, Annie. “Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use.” In Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis, by Annie Wilker and Jens Stenger. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 6, fig. 26 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Wilker, Annie, and Jens Stenger. Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 6, fig. 26 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. New York, 1986: 54.
Schneider, Mary E. “Rothko’s Studies for the Harvard Murals.” In Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, edited by Marjorie B. Cohn. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 32, 34, 50, fig. 22 (color), 51 (b/w).
Cohn, Marjorie B., ed. Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 32, 34, 50, fig. 22 (color), 51 (b/w).
Wilker, Annie. “Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use.” In Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis, by Annie Wilker and Jens Stenger. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 6, fig. 26 (color) [reproduced upside down].
Wilker, Annie, and Jens Stenger. Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 6, fig. 26 (color) [reproduced upside down].
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