Church and Rothko: Sublime
Mnuchin Gallery, New York | 30 September 2020 – 13 March 2021
Centered on the shifting manifestations of the sublime in American art, Church & Rothko: Sublime puts into dialogue the Hudson River School landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) and the Color Field canvases of Mark Rothko (1903-1970), teasing out the affinities of these two evocative American artists.
Church and Rothko intuitively recognized the awesome emotive potential of color and sought to transform their pictorial environments into sublime spaces. In drawing together some of the most visually compelling works executed over the course of the respective careers, Church & Rothko: Sublime celebrates the radical and conceptual strategies by which these two leading American artists explored the natural and spiritual sublime.
Church & Rothko: Sublime is co-organized by Mnuchin Gallery, Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, and Christopher Rothko. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue authored by Dr. John Wilmerding
Installation images
Photography by Tom Powell Imaging, Inc. Reproduction, including downloading Rothko Artworks is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express permission of the copyright holders. Requests for reproduction should be directed to the Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Checklist of works
27 works
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Browns and Blacks in Reds, 1957
Oil on canvas · 90 × 60 in. (228.6 × 152.4 cm)
Cat. no. 1
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Marine Sunset (The Black Sea), 1881–82
Oil on canvas · 30⅛ × 42 in. (76.5 × 106.7 cm)
Cat. no. 2
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Untitled, 1968
Tempera on paper drawing board mounted on canvas · 28⅞ × 21¼ in. (73.3 × 54 cm)
Cat. no. 3
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
New England Lake [likely Katahdin, Maine], 1853
Oil on canvas · 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Cat. no. 4
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Scene on the Magdalena, 1854
Oil on canvas · 28¼ × 42 in. (71.8 × 106.7 cm)
Cat. no. 5
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
No. 5 {Untitled}, 1964
Oil on canvas · 90 × 69 in. (228.6 × 175.3 cm)
Cat. no. 6
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Untitled (Brown and Black), 1968
Acrylic on paper mounted on board · 33¼ × 25¾ in. (84.5 × 65.4 cm)
Cat. no. 7
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Syrian Landscape, 1873
Oil on panel · 15½ × 22½ in. (39.4 × 57.1 cm)
Cat. no. 8
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
After the Rain Storm, 1875
Oil on canvas mounted on panel · 22½ × 33½ in. (57.1 × 85.1 cm)
Cat. no. 9
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Orange, Red, Yellow, 1956
Oil on canvas · 79 × 69 in. (200.7 × 175.3 cm)
Cat. no. 10
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Oil Study for Cotopaxi, 1861
Oil on canvas · 7½ × 12 in. (19.1 × 30.5 cm)
Cat. no. 11
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Mountainside Downpour, 1871
Oil on paper laid down on canvas · 6½ × 10 in. (16.5 × 25.4 cm)
Cat. no. 12
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset, 1860
Oil on paperboard mounted on canvas · 8¼ × 12¼ in. (21 × 31.1 cm)
Cat. no. 13
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Autumn in the Catskills, 1856
Oil on canvas · 15 × 22 in. (38.1 × 55.9 cm)
Cat. no. 14
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
No. 1, 1949
Oil on canvas · 78¼ × 39⅝ in. (198.8 × 100.6 cm)
Cat. no. 15
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset, 1860
Oil on canvas · 11¾ × 18¾ in. (29.8 × 47.6 cm)
Cat. no. 16
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
North Lake, 1847
Oil on canvas · 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)
Cat. no. 17
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Untitled, 1954
Oil on canvas · 91⅛ × 59½ in. (231.5 × 151.1 cm)
Cat. no. 18
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Untitled, 1959
Oil on paper mounted on board · 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm)
Cat. no. 19
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Coast Scene, Mount Desert, 1852
Oil on canvas · 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Cat. no. 20
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Above the Clouds at Sunrise, 1849
Oil on canvas · 27¼ × 40 in. (69.2 × 101.6 cm)
Cat. no. 21
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
No. 10, 1963
Oil on canvas · 69 × 64 in. (175.3 × 162.6 cm)
Cat. no. 22
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
July Sunset, 1847
Oil on canvas · 29 × 40½ in. (73.7 × 102.9 cm)
Cat. no. 23
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Lake Scene in Mount Desert, 1851
Oil on canvas · 20¾ × 30⅞ in. (52.5 × 78.4 cm)
Cat. no. 24
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset on July 26, 1870, 1870
Oil on paper mounted on artist's board · 8¼ × 13 in. (21 × 33 cm)
Cat. no. 25
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
In the Tropics, 1856
Oil on canvas · 25¼ × 36¼ in. (64.1 × 92.1 cm)
Cat. no. 26
Mark Rothko
American, 1903–1970
Untitled, 1960
Oil on canvas · 92½ × 81 in. (235 × 205.7 cm)
Cat. no. 27