These sketches of a woman, probably Rothko’s wife Edith Sachar (1912–1981), depict her sitting at a table and holding what appears to be a small hammer. In the mid-1930s, Edith studied metalwork and jewelry. These drawings, and a closely related study, likely picture Edith practicing her craft; all relate to a watercolor of Edith at her worktable. Late in the 1930s Rothko produced a small series of sketches (see Related Works on Paper) and still-life paintings of what are almost certainly Edith’s tools (figs. 1, 2), including what appears to be a ball-peen hammer similar to the one shown in these drawings. Edith taught crafts part-time at the Center Academy of the Brooklyn Jewish Center [James E. B. Breslin, Mark Rothko: A Biography (Chicago and London, 1993), 143], where Rothko taught art two days a week.