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[Untitled]
1986.56.292.a
Date
1940/1941
Medium
Graphite
Support
Bond paper
Watermark
Fifth Avenue
Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.8 x 21.6 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H 6.2
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.292.a. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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[Head]
1940/1941
National Gallery of Art
1986.56.292.b
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1970–1979
The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, 1979–1986
National Gallery of Art, 1986
References
Pappas, Andrea. “Invisible Points of Departure: Reading Rothko’s Christological Imagery.”
American Jewish History
92, no. 4 (December 2004): 423n43.
Remarks
The composition of this drawing is roughly related to an untitled canvas dating from 1940/1941 (fig. 1).
1. Mark Rothko,
Untitled
, 1940/1941, oil on linen, 20 x 27 7/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.43.32. [Anfam 183]
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