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[Head / leaf]
1986.56.251.a
Date
1941/1942
Medium
Graphite
Support
Wove paper
Dimensions
9 x 7 5/16 in. (22.7 x 18.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H 7.6
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.251.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Figurative
,
human figure
,
plant motif
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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
Related Works on Paper
[Bust of a woman, two studies]
1941/1942
1986.56.501.a
Remarks
The verso of this sheet carries a series of ink marks that may indicate the beginnings of an unfinished composition (fig. 1).
1. Mark Rothko,
Untitled [verso]
, pen and black ink on wove paper, 8 15/16 x 7 5/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.56.251.b.
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