LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and charcoal on canvas

Measurements:

87.99 in. (223.50 cm.) (height) by 57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Mark Rothko 1947' (on the reverse)

Literature:

D. Blau, ed., Mark Rothko: "Multiforms" Bilder von 1947-1949, Stuttgart, 1993, p. 16 (illustrated upside down in color). D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, p. 277, no. 353 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Estate of the artist, 1970 Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York, 1970 Estate of the artist, 1977 Collection of Christopher Rothko PaceWildenstein, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000