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Exhibition History"MCM - Y2K: A CENTURY OF ART ON PAPER," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 11, 1999 - Feb. 13, 2000

"Styles of the Times: The 1940s," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 2 - Mar. 1, 1998

"The Abstract Tradition in American Art," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 7, 1991 - Feb. 23, 1992

"The Calligraphic Statement," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, Mar. 20 - Apr. 24, 1977

"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln; Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
Published References"The Kirsch Years 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.60

"The Calligraphic Statement," South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, 1977, exh. cat. no.22, ill.

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. & b/w ill. p.187, pl.121
DimensionsSheet (/Image): 25 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (65.9 × 50.6 cm)
Accession Number 1956.23
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedMark Rothko (l,r)
InscriptionsTo my dear friend Ben to whose care I confidently consign this offspring Mark Rothko (verso u,l)
ProvenanceArtist; Benjamin Weiss, New York [acquired from the previous]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1956]
Abstract Composition
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mark Rothko
1956
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nancy Genn
2000
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1930
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1929
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1929
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gaspare Diziani
ca. 1715
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1930
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Abraham Walkowitz
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Abraham Walkowitz
1911
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Helen Torr
ca. 1935