Two Heads

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1986.43.203.a

Date

Medium

Support

Construction paper

Dimensions

12 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (31.1 x 43.8 cm)

Inscription

Lower left in blue paint: M Rothkowitz; on mat, lower right, in graphite: Two Heads $50—

Estate/Inventory Number

1082.25–27

Collection

National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.43.203.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Tags

Figurative, human figure, interior, original mat

Other Side

[Rural scene with automobile]

[Rural scene with automobile]

1936/1937

National Gallery of Art

1986.43.203.b

Provenance

Estate of the Artist, 1970

Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970

Estate of the Artist, 1977–1979

The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1986

National Gallery of Art, 1986

References

Ashton, Dore. About Rothko. New York, 1983: 209, fig. 3 (b/w).
Blinken, Donald, et al. Eliminating the Obstacles Between the Painter and the Observer: The Mark Rothko Foundation, 1976–1986. [New York, 1986]: 45.