Blue, Orange, Red

Object Details

Artist

Mark Rothko, American, b. Daugavpils, Latvia, 1903–1970

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.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

1961

Accession Number

66.4420

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

90 1/4 x 81 1/16 in. (229.2 x 205.9 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.4420

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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