Entombment II
Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
30 x 38 in. (76.2 x 96.5 cm)
Inscription
Lower left in black ink: MARK ROTHKO
Catalog Number
IMAGE.1007
Collection
Private Collection. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Provenance
Private Collection, San Francisco, 1997–1998
Private Collection, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1998–2015
Private Collection, 2015
Exhibitions
Oils and Watercolors by Mark Rothko, San Francisco Museum of Art, August 13 – September 8, 1946, no. 2792.46, as Entombment II.
Oils and Watercolors by Mark Rothko, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, October 1 – 15, 1946, no. 2792.46, as Entombment II.
Collectors, Collecting, Collection: American Abstract Art Since 1945, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, April 22 – June 5, 1977, as Entombment #2.
Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 27, 1978 – January 14, 1979, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 – September 14, 1986, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Whitney Museum of American Art, November 13, 1986 – January 21, 1987, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, as Entombment II.
From a Collection of Abstract Works on Paper, 1941–1971, Cheim & Read, New York, October 29 – December 30, 2010, as Entombment II.
Oils and Watercolors by Mark Rothko, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, October 1 – 15, 1946, no. 2792.46, as Entombment II.
Collectors, Collecting, Collection: American Abstract Art Since 1945, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, April 22 – June 5, 1977, as Entombment #2.
Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 27, 1978 – January 14, 1979, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Newport Harbor Art Museum, July 16 – September 14, 1986, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Whitney Museum of American Art, November 13, 1986 – January 21, 1987, as Entombment II.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938–1948, Walker Art Center, February 21 – April 19, 1987, as Entombment II.
From a Collection of Abstract Works on Paper, 1941–1971, Cheim & Read, New York, October 29 – December 30, 2010, as Entombment II.
References
Zamoiski, Clair. “Chronology.” In Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective, by Diane Waldman. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: 271.
Waldman, Diane. Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: 48, 271, cat. 43 (b/w).
Polcari, Stephen. "Mark Rothko," Arts Magazine 53, no. 5 (January 1979): 3.
Fujieda, Teruo. “Special Feature: Mark Rothko.” Mizue 888 (March 1979): 48 (b/w).
Breitman, Ellen. Rothko entry. In The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper 1938-1948, by Paul Schimmel and Lawrence Alloway. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 168, cat 127 (b/w).
Schimmel, Paul, and Lawrence Alloway. The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 168, 196, cat 127 (b/w).
Waldman, Diane. Mark Rothko, 1903–1970: A Retrospective. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1978: 48, 271, cat. 43 (b/w).
Polcari, Stephen. "Mark Rothko," Arts Magazine 53, no. 5 (January 1979): 3.
Fujieda, Teruo. “Special Feature: Mark Rothko.” Mizue 888 (March 1979): 48 (b/w).
Breitman, Ellen. Rothko entry. In The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper 1938-1948, by Paul Schimmel and Lawrence Alloway. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 168, cat 127 (b/w).
Schimmel, Paul, and Lawrence Alloway. The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 1986: 168, 196, cat 127 (b/w).
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