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1986.56.506
Date
Support
Dimensions
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.7 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H 8.8
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.506. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
References
Breslin, James E. B. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago, IL, 1993: 171–172, fig. 25 (b/w).
Harrison, Charles. “Scenes and Details: A Rothko Sketchbook from the Late 1930s.” In Seeing Rothko, edited by Glenn Phillips and Thomas Crow. Los Angeles, CA, 2005 : 185, 198n9.
Phillips, Glenn, and Thomas Crow, eds. Seeing Rothko. Los Angeles, CA, 2005: 185, 198n9.
Harrison, Charles. “Scenes and Details: A Rothko Sketchbook from the Late 1930s.” In Seeing Rothko, edited by Glenn Phillips and Thomas Crow. Los Angeles, CA, 2005 : 185, 198n9.
Phillips, Glenn, and Thomas Crow, eds. Seeing Rothko. Los Angeles, CA, 2005: 185, 198n9.
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Remarks
This work relates to a 1940 canvas, Oedipus (fig. 1).
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1. Mark Rothko, Oedipus, 1940, oil on linen, 36 x 24 in., Collection of Christopher Rothko, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 179]
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