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Lavender and Mulberry

Object Details

Provenance
The artist
Private collection, San Francisco
Harold Diamond, New York, to 12 March 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 March 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, Durham, North Carolina. "Paintings of the 50s: Another Look, a loan of twenty-one paintings from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 October-27 November 1983, p. 35, ill.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Mark Rothko," 3 May-16 August 1998, cat. Tour: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 10 September-29 November; MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, 8 January-18 April 1999.
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta. "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," 4 November 2006-24 January 2007, cat. [not included; shown at HMSG only] Tour: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, 17 February-6 May; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20 September-6 January 2008.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper," 19 November 2023-31 March 2024, colorpl. 58 (did not tour).
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Mark Rothko, American, b. Daugavpils, Latvia, 1903–1970
Date
1959
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Medium
Oil on paper mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions
37 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (95.9 x 62.8 cm)
Type
Painting
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