Patrick HERON Untitled, from Rothko Portfolio  (1972)

An original screenprint on J Green mouldmade 310gsm wove paper from The Rothko Memorial Portfolio. Signed Patrick Heron in pencil lower right, dated '72, and numbered from the limited edition of 75 lower left (there were also 15 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs). Printed by Christopher Prater at Kelpra Studio, London and published by The Rothko Memorial Trust.

In excellent condition with strong, bright colours and has never been framed. Complete with the portfolio cover slip and email of provenance from the Rothko Trust to the previous (first) owner. A gorgeously coloured, eye-catching and immediately recognisable large Patrick Heron print.

Shortly after Mark Rothko’s tragic death in 1970, the art writer, lecturer and broadcaster Bryan Robertson gathered together artists who had known Rothko and held him in high regard, proposing that something should be done to honour his life and work. As a result the Mark Rothko Memorial Trust was established in 1973 to raise money to enable artists working in the UK to travel to the US. The portfolio contains thirteen prints by thirteen artists: Patrick Caulfield, Merlyn Evans, Adrian Heath, Patrick Heron, John Hoyland, John Hubbard, Paul Huxley, Allen Jones, Henry Moore, Victor Pasmore, Bridget Riley, William Scott and Richard Smith.