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Mark Rothko

No. 21

1949

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 39 3/8 in. (203.2 × 100 cm)
Collection no.
1985.63.4
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

No. 21 — Mark Rothko. 1949.

Medium: Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas. Dimensions: 80 × 39 3/8 in. (203.2 × 100 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation Inc., 1985.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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