Artist Monograph

Mark Rothko, American

American, born Russia (now Latvia). 1903–1970

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	9	50%
Acrylic Painting	3	16.7%
Watercolor	3	16.7%
Etching	1	5.6%
Drawing	1	5.6%
Gouache	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	10	55.6%
Drawings & Prints	8	44.4%

Production by Decade

9

1940s

5

1950s

4

1960s

Classification Types

Painting — 10
Drawing — 7
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	5.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	27.8%
Large (1–3 m)	12	66.7%

Range: 17.7 cm → 297.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1952	1
1959	1
1961	1
1967	1
1970	3
1978	1
1981	2
1985	1
1986	6
1991	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 403" — 6
"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea Painting Acc. 429.1981	1944	Oil on canvas	6' 3 3/8" x 7' 3/4" (191.4 x 215.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Untitled Drawing Acc. 459.1986	1944-46	Watercolor, tempera, ink, and pencil on paper	21 1/4 x 29 1/2" (54 x 74.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Untitled Drawing Acc. 462.1986	c. 1944	Ink and pencil on paper	22 5/8 x 15 1/2" (57.5 x 39.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Archaic Idol Drawing Acc. 157.1978.a-b	1945	Ink and gouache on paper	21 7/8 x 30" (55.6 x 76.2 cm.). ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Untitled Drawing Acc. 461.1986	1945-46	Watercolor and ink on paper	40 1/8 x 26 1/4" (102 x 66.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Untitled Drawing Acc. 149.1991	1945	Watercolor and gouache on paper	21 1/2 x 29 7/8" (54.7 x 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. (by exchange)
No. 1 (Untitled) Painting Acc. 1107.1969	1948	Oil on canvas	8' 10 3/8" x 9' 9 1/4" (270.2 x 297.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
No. 5/No. 24 Painting Acc. 1106.1969	1948	Oil on canvas	34 x 50 1/4" (86.1 x 127.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
No. 3/No. 13 Painting Acc. 428.1981	1949	Oil on canvas	7' 1 3/8" x 65" (216.5 x 164.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
No. 10 Painting Acc. 38.1952	1950	Oil on canvas	7' 6 3/8" x 57 1/8" (229.6 x 145.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
No. 5/No. 22 Painting Acc. 1108.1969	1950 (dated on reverse 1949)	Oil on canvas	9' 9" x 8' 11 1/8" (297 x 272 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Untitled Print Acc. 319.1985	c. 1951	Etching	plate: 6 15/16 x 4 7/8" (17.7 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 10" (24.5 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation
No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black) Painting Acc. 21.1959	1958	Oil on canvas	8' 10 5/8" x 9' 9 1/4" (270.8 x 297.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
No. 37/No. 19 (Slate Blue and Brown on Plum) Painting Acc. 389.1961	1958	Oil on canvas	7' 11 1/4" x 7' 6 1/4" (241.9 x 229 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
No. 14 (Horizontals, White over Darks) Painting Acc. 647.1967	1961	Oil on canvas	56 1/2" x 7' 9 3/8" (143.3 x 237 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Untitled Drawing Acc. 463.1986	1968	Acrylic on paper on board	17 7/8 x 23 7/8" (45.4 x 60.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Untitled Painting Acc. 394.1986	1969-70	Acrylic on canvas	6' 6" x 66 1/4" (198.1 x 168.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Untitled Drawing Acc. 460.1986	1969	Acrylic and ink on paper	40 1/2 x 26 1/2" (102.2 x 67.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.