Thursday 15 December 2016

Mark Rothko - part 2


1936 Self-Portrait
oil on canvas 81.9 x 65.4 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016
Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970) was an American artist of Russian Jewish descent. Although Rothko himself refused to adhere to any art movement, he is generally identified as an abstract expressionist. Along with Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, he is one of most famous American post-war artists. 
For more biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1 also. This is part 2 of 6-part post on the works of Mark Rothko:

1944 Untitled
chalk, watercolour, pen and ink on paper 66 x 99.3 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944 Untitled
watercolour with tempera and graphite on white wove paper 51.8 x 69.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-45 Omen
watercolour and gouache with brush and black ink on paper 99.4 x 63.8 cm
The Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection, Berlin, Germany
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-45 Untitled
graphite, watercolour, tempera and ink on paper 53.5 x 66.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-45 Untitled
watercolour on paper 75.9 x 5.3 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-45 Untitled
watercolour on paper 76.2 x 55.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-46 Untitled
watercolour on paper 79.4 x 57.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944-46c Untitled
watercolour and ink on paper 38.1 x 53.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1944c Untitled
watercolour and ink o paper 53.5 x 35.6 cm
Tate, London
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Archaic Idol
pen and ink, wash, and gouache on paper 55.6 x 76.2 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Baptismal Scene
graphite and watercolour on paper 52.1 x 36.8 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Fantasy
oil on canvas 134.9 x 98.7 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Rites of Lilith
oil and charcoal on canvas 208.3 x 270.8 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Sacrificial Moment
oil on canvas 97.8 x 71.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 201

1945 Untitiled 2
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945 Untitled
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46 Gesture (?)
oil on canvas 79.7 x 100.7 cm
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46 Untitled
oil and tempera on canvas 87.6 x 110.5 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46 Untitled
watercolour and ink on paper 103.5 x 69.9 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46 Untitled
watercolour and ink on paper 1102.9 x 68.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46 Untitled
watercolour
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46c Tentacles of Memory
watercolour and ink on paper 55.2 x 76.2 cm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945-46c Untitled
watercolour, gouache, ink and graphite on paper 54 x 38.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1945c Untitled
gouache on paper 239.9 x 120.7 cm
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Aquatic Drama© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Entombment, I
opaque watercolour and ink on paper 52.4 x 66 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Geologic Reverie
watercolour and gouache on paper 55.2 x 75.6 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 No.18
oil on canvas 155 x 110 cm
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Personage 2
oil on canvas 142 x 82 cm
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Sacrifice
watercolour, gouache and india ink on paper 100.2 x 65.8 cm
Guggenheim, New York City
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Untitled
oil on canvas 99.9 x 69.9 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Untitled
watercolour on paper 98.8 x 64.8 cm
Private Collection
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Vessels of Magic
watercolour on paper 98.4 x 65.4 cm
Brooklyn Museum, New York
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946 Vision at End of Day
oil on canvas 101.6 x 127.1 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946-47 Untitled
oil on canvas 1000 x 70 cm
Tate, London
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko-DACS 2016

1946c Personages
watercolour and pastel on paper 55.9 x 75.9 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946c Untitled ( Votive Mood )
watercolour and gouache on paper 49.2 x 65.7 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1946c Untitled
watercolour and gouache on paper 49.2 x 65.7 cm
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 No.2© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 No.9© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 Number 26
oil on canvas 99.7 x 137.5 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko-DACS 2016

1947 Untitled 1© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 Untitled 2© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 Untitled
acrylic and oil on canvas 122.2 x 101.9 cm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko-DACS 2016

1947 Untitled
oil on canvas 96.2 x 53 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 Untitled
oil on canvas 96.2 x 116.4 cm
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016

1947 Untitled
oil on canvas 97.8 x 91.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016
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