[Harvard Mural study]
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1986.631
Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
7 3/16 x 12 3/8 in. (18.3 x 31.4 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H18.2
Collection
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.631. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Photography Credit
Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Tags
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Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 55, 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) (recto and verso).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, November 16, 2014 – July 26, 2015, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals) (recto). [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. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 55, as Untitled (sketch for Harvard mural).
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 55, 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) (recto and verso).
Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, Harvard Art Museums, November 16, 2014 – July 26, 2015, as Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals) (recto). [Work on view: November 16, 2014 – March 16, 2015].
References
Clearwater, Bonnie. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 134, cat. 55 (color).
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: 31, 32, 36, 38, 56, 57 (b/w).
Cohn, Marjorie B., ed. Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 31, 32, 36, 38, 56, 57 (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: 5, 7, fig. 18 (color), fig. 21 (color detail).
Wilker, Annie, and Jens Stenger. Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 5, 7, fig. 18 (color), fig. 21 (color detail).
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: 31, 32, 36, 38, 56, 57 (b/w).
Cohn, Marjorie B., ed. Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals. Cambridge, MA, 1988: 31, 32, 36, 38, 56, 57 (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: 5, 7, fig. 18 (color), fig. 21 (color detail).
Wilker, Annie, and Jens Stenger. Mark Rothko’s Mural Sketches: Materials and Use / Scientific Analysis. Cambridge, MA, 2009: 5, 7, fig. 18 (color), fig. 21 (color detail).
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