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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.638.2
People
Mark Rothko, American (Dvinsk, Russia 1903 - 1970 New York, NY)
Title
Panel Two (Harvard Mural Triptych)
Other Titles
Former Title: Panel #2
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1962
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173198

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Distemper, egg tempera, and acrylic copolymer on canvas
Dimensions
267.3 x 458.8 cm (105 1/4 x 180 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the artist 1962-1965 (Commissioned by Harvard University Society of Fellows, 1961-1962); to Harvard University, transfer; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Anfam 738

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Harvard University, Gift of the Artist
Copyright
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.638.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mark Rothko, exh. cat., Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain, 2000), repr. p. 128 (color)
  • Mark Rothko: "A Consummated Experience between Picture and Onlooker", exh. cat., Hatje Cantz Publishers [Fondation Beyeler] (Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany [Basel, Switzerland], 2001), no.60, repr. (color)
  • Jens Stenger, Narayan Khandekar, Ramesh Raskar, Santiago Cuellar, Ankit Mohan, and Rudolph Gschwind, "Conservation of a room: A treatment proposal for Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals", Studies in Conservation, Taylor and Francis Group (10.1179/2047058415Y.0000000010, published online March 15, 2016), vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 348-361
  • Jens Stenger, Narayan Khandekar, Annie Wilker, Katya Kallsen, Daniel Kirby, and Katherine Eremin, "The making of Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals", Studies in Conservation, Taylor and Francis Group (10.1179/2047058415Y.0000000009, published online March 15, 2016), vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 331-347
  • Jens Stenger, Narayan Khandekar, Ramesh Raskar, Santiago Cuellar, Ankit Mohan, Rudolph Gschwind, Mary Schneider Enriquez, Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, and Christina Rosenberger, Non-Invasive Color Restoration of Mark Rothko's Harvard Murals Using Light from a Digital Projector, Colour Change in Paintings, ed. Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding, and Alexandra Gent, Archetype Publications (London, 2016), Pages 73-76, Figure 1, Page 74
  • Ellen Davis, Version Control: Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals through the Lens of the Documentation Model for Time-Based Media Art, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, American Institute for Conservation (10.1080/01971360.2021.1913542, 2021), 60 (2-3), Pages 92-104, Figure 1, Page 97; Figure 3, Page 98; Figure 4, Page 100; Figure 5, Page 100; Figure 6, Page 101

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