[Woman on sofa]

Medium
Support
Dimensions
2.9 x 4.9 in. (7.5 x 12.5 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
91.38
Collection
Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Remarks
This drawing may relate to a painting of this period believed to be a portrait of Mrs. Irving Tow, a student of Rothko’s at the Young Women’s Hebrew Association of Mount Vernon, New York, where Rothko taught art classes to children and adults [Daily Argus (Mount Vernon, NY), October 1, 1930] (fig. 1).
[Woman on sofa]
1. Mark Rothko, Untitled (Mrs. Irving Tow), 1937/1938, oil on gesso board, 7 x 5 in., private collection, Illinois, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 119]
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