Ritual
Date
Medium
Support
Dimensions
20 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (52.1 x 36.2 cm)
Catalog Number
IMAGE.1042
Collection
Private Collection. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Provenance
Private Collection, California, 2011
Private Collection, 2011
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Exhibition of Watercolors, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, April 22 – May 4, 1946, no. 18, as Ritual.
Amerikanische Zeichner des 20. Jahrhunderts: Drei Generationen von der Armory Show bis heute, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, May 27 – July 11, 1976, cat. 105, as Personen / Personnages.
Amerikanische Zeichner des 20. Jahrhunderts – Drei Generation von der Armory Show bis heute, Kunsthalle Bremen, July 18 – August 29, 1976, cat. 105, as Personen / Personnages.
American Drawing, 1927–1977, Minnesota Museum of Art, September 6 – October 29, 1977, cat. 78, as Personages.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, March 30 – May 14, 1978.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Seibu Museum of Art, June 17 – July 12, 1978.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Whitney Museum of American Art, October 5 – December 3, 1978.
Amerikanische Zeichner des 20. Jahrhunderts: Drei Generationen von der Armory Show bis heute, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, May 27 – July 11, 1976, cat. 105, as Personen / Personnages.
Amerikanische Zeichner des 20. Jahrhunderts – Drei Generation von der Armory Show bis heute, Kunsthalle Bremen, July 18 – August 29, 1976, cat. 105, as Personen / Personnages.
American Drawing, 1927–1977, Minnesota Museum of Art, September 6 – October 29, 1977, cat. 78, as Personages.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, March 30 – May 14, 1978.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Seibu Museum of Art, June 17 – July 12, 1978.
Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years, Whitney Museum of American Art, October 5 – December 3, 1978.
References
Jewell, Edward Alden. "Art: Hither and Yon." New York Times, April 28, 1946: 6.
Stephan, Ruth, and John Stephan. The Tiger's Eye 1, no. 1 (October 1947): 56, 69 (b/w).
Minnesota Museum of Art. American Drawing: 1927–1977. St. Paul, MN, 1977: 22, 44, cat. 78 (color).
Jachec, Nancy. "Myth and the Audience: the Individual, the Collective and the Problem of Mass Communication by the Early 1950s." In American Abstract Expressionism, edited by David Thistlewood. Liverpool, 1993: 135, 137, fig. 37 (b/w) [reproduced upside down].
Stephan, Ruth, and John Stephan. The Tiger's Eye 1, no. 1 (October 1947): 56, 69 (b/w).
Minnesota Museum of Art. American Drawing: 1927–1977. St. Paul, MN, 1977: 22, 44, cat. 78 (color).
Jachec, Nancy. "Myth and the Audience: the Individual, the Collective and the Problem of Mass Communication by the Early 1950s." In American Abstract Expressionism, edited by David Thistlewood. Liverpool, 1993: 135, 137, fig. 37 (b/w) [reproduced upside down].
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