Orange on Red

Date1956

Maker Mark Rothko American, 1903-1970

Object number2002.68

ProvenanceSidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY; Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; E.J. Power, London; Pietro Campill, Rome; A. Alfred Taubman, Bloomfield Hills; Private Collection, New York; PaceWildenstein, New York, NY; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, WA; partial and promised gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistoryRome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte, Moderna, Mark Rothko, April 27 - May 20, 1962, catalog by Palma Bucarelli, illus. #30 West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Gallery and School of Art, May - November annually 1978 - 1987 Madrid, Galeria Theo, October 4 - November 30, 1989, illus. in cat. #71 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle", May 5, 2007 - September 9, 2007Published ReferencesMcMollen, Roy, "L'ecole de New York: des concurrents dangereux", Connaissance des Arts, September 1961, p. 35, illus. Anfam, David, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonne, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1998, no. 550, illus. p. 422 "The Top 100 Collectors in America: Jon and Mary Shirley," in Art & Antiques, March 2003, pp. 90-91, illus. p. 90 Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 27, illus. p. 28

Credit LinePartial and promised gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions69 x 38 1/2 in. (175.3 x 97.8cm)

MediumOil on canvas