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[Seated man drawing]
1986.56.207
Date
1934/1936
Medium
Ink
Support
Bond paper
Watermark
Parkworth
Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
W 407
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.207. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Drawing
,
figurative
,
human figure
,
male
,
portrait
,
seated figure
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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
Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s
, Katonah Museum of Art, June 12 – September 4, 1994, as
Man with Mustache, Seated with Legs Crossed, Writing
.
References
Snyder, Jill.
Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s
. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 1994: 62.
Remarks
The figure in this drawing resembles the artist Milton Avery (1885–1965), with whom Rothko established a long-lasting friendship in the late 1920s.
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