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Blue, Orange, Red

Object Details

Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, to 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976," 20 May-20 October 1976, no. 45, ill. p. 167.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Grand re-opening exhibition, 1 July 2006-4 July 2007.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "ColorForms," 11 March 2010-9 January 2012, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection," 16 October 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 84.
FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON, Paris. "Mark Rothko," 18 October 2023-2 April 2024, no. 90, color ill. p. 165.
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 167, p. 184.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Mark Rothko, American, b. Daugavpils, Latvia, 1903–1970
Date
1961
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
90 1/4 x 81 1/16 in. (229.2 x 205.9 cm)
Type
Painting
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