id:			137308
accession number:	1962.239
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.239
updated:		2024-11-18 23:41:49.357000

No. 2 (Red Maroons), 1962. Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970). Oil on canvas; framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.239 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				No. 2 (Red Maroons)
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creation date:			1962
creation date earliest:		1962
creation date latest:		1962
current location:		227 Abstract Expressionism
creditline:			Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); Unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on back of canvas: "Mark Rothko 1962 #2"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - 1962
	opening date:   1962-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - 1962</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).

	title:		Fifty Years of Modern Art
	opening date:   1966-06-15T04:00:00
	<i>Fifty Years of Modern Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 15-July 31, 1966).

	title:		Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
	opening date:   1987-09-16T04:00:00
	<i>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 203
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n227

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 203
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n227

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History &amp; Education, CMA, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n5

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 250
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n270

	Henning, Edward B. <em>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 133, no. 44
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	Anfam, David. <em>Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné.</em> New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 571, no. 718
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