[Figure studies]

1986.56.214.a
Date
1938/1939
Medium
Ink
Support
Bond paper
Dimensions
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
W 349
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.214.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Figurative, human figure, multiple studies
Other Side
[Figure study / still life wiht vase and bottle]
1938/1939
1986.56.214.b
Provenance
Related Works on Paper
Remarks
The figure studies on this sheet relate to a nude female that appears in a pair of oil paintings from about this period (figs. 1, 2).
1. Mark Rothko, Untitled (nude), 1937/1938, oil on canvas, 14 1/8 x 11 1/2 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.56.662. [Anfam 123]
2. Mark Rothko, Untitled (nude) [reverse], 1937/1938, oil on canvas, 20 3/16 x 28 1/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.43.117.b. [Anfam 124]
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