[Head of a man / spiral design] The Scribble-In Book, page 60
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Date
Support
Dimensions
4 9/16 x 6 3/4 in. (11.6 x 17.0 cm)
Collection
Collections of Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko, Palazzo delle esposizioni, October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008, as The Scribble-In Book [I].
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 114, as Skizzenbuch / Sketchbook (The scribble-In Book).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 114, as Skizzenbuch / Sketchbook (The scribble-In Book).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, February 8 – April 27, 2008, cat. 114, as Skizzenbuch / Sketchbook (The scribble-In Book).
Mark Rothko Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, May 16 – September 14, 2008, cat. 114, as Skizzenbuch / Sketchbook (The scribble-In Book).
Remarks
The drawing of a head on the left side of this sheet relates to an oil painting, Thru the Window (fig. 1). The drawing’s high degree of finish and its enclosure within a spiral suggests that it may have been made after the painting rather than as a preparatory work.
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1. Mark Rothko, Thru the Window, 1938/1939, oil on gesso board, 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.56.653. [Anfam 158]
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