[Figures in subway]

[Figures in subway]

Date

Medium

Support

Construction paper

Dimensions

9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.2 x 18.7 cm)

Estate/Inventory Number

23

Catalog Number

IMAGE.675

Collection

Private Collection, Switzerland. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Tags

Figurative, figure group, human figure, standing figure, subway

Provenance

Estate of the Artist, 1970–1988

Collections of Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1988–2005

Private Collection, Switzerland, 2005

Exhibitions

Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 7 – August 20, 2005, cat. 5, as Untitled (Subway).
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, cat. 13, as Untitled (Subway).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 11, as Ohne Titel (U-Bahn).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 11, as Ohne Titel (U-Bahn).

References

Wick, Oliver. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, 1930–1969. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 2005: n.p., cat. 5 (color).
Wick, Oliver. “Do They Negate Each Other, Modern and Classical? Mark Rothko, Italy, and the Yearning for Tradition.” In Mark Rothko, edited by Oliver Wick. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 12.
Wick, Oliver, ed. Mark Rothko. Palazzo delle esposizioni, Rome, 2007: 12, 198, cat. 13 (color).
Gassner, Hubertus, Christiane Lange, and Oliver Wick. Mark Rothko Retrospektive. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 2008: 211, cat. 11 (color).

Related Works on Paper

[Figures in subway]

[Figures in subway]

1937/1938

1986.56.643