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[Seated female nude]
1986.56.301.a
Date
1934/1935
Medium
Graphite
Support
Bond paper
Dimensions
11 1/16 x 8 1/2 in. (28.1 x 21.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
W 476
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.301.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Female
,
female nude
,
figurative
,
human figure
,
nude
,
seated figure
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Other Side
[Head of a woman]
1934/1935
National Gallery of Art
1986.56.301.b
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970–1979
The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1986
National Gallery of Art, 1986
Related Works on Paper
[Standing female nude]
1934/1935
1986.56.396
Remarks
This drawing of a nude leaning on her left arm provides the model for
Seated Nude
, a canvas exhibited in
First Exhibition—The Ten: An Independent Group
, Montross Gallery, New York, December 16, 1935–January 4, 1936 (fig. 1).
1. Mark Rothko,
Seated Nude
, c. 1934, oil on hardboard, 36 1/16 x 28 1/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.43.29. [Anfam 58]
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