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[Figures in subway]
1986.56.643
Date
1937/1938
Medium
Watercolor
,
graphite
Support
Construction paper
Dimensions
9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19.1 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
O 55
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.643. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Figurative
,
figure group
,
human figure
,
standing figure
,
subway
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Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970–1979
The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1986
National Gallery of Art, 1986
Exhibitions
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, National Gallery of Art, May 6 – August 5, 1984, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, November 3, 1984 – January 6, 1985, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 3 – June 16, 1985, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Milwaukee Art Museum, November 22, 1985 – January 12, 1986, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Portland Art Museum, February 11 – April 6, 1986, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 8 – June 29, 1986, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Saint Louis Art Museum, July 18 – September 1, 1986, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
, Fort Worth Art Museum, September 21 – November 9, 1986, cat. 5, as
Untitled
.
References
Clearwater, Bonnie.
Mark Rothko: Works on Paper
.
American Federation of Arts, New York, 1984: 20–22, 132, cat. 5 (color).
Remarks
This drawing is superimposed with a numbered graphite grid, indicating that Rothko may have considered producing an enlarged version; no such work is known to exist, however.
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