Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
Property of A Private Collector
Lot Closed
October 6, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of A Private Collector
MARK ROTHKO
1903 - 1970
TWO WOMEN AT A WINDOW
signed
oil on canvas
Canvas: 40 by 30 in. (101.6 by 76.2 cm.)
Framed: 48⅞ by 38⅞ in. (124.8 by 101.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1937.
US Administration, Works Progress Administration (acquired circa 1937)
Henry C. Roberts, New York (acquired from the above in 1943)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1944)
Ira Smolin, New York (acquired from the above in 1961)
Jason McCoy Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2007
David Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, National Gallery of Art, New Haven 1998, cat. no. 101, illustrated p. 153
"How They Got That Way", Time 79, 13 April 1962, illustrated in color, p. 98
Daniel Robbins "Continuity and Change at Hartford," Art International 6, 25 October 1962, illustrated, p. 69