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[Figures in plaza]
1986.56.487
Date
c. 1937
Medium
Watercolor
,
graphite
Support
Construction paper
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 8 1/16 in. (23.7 x 20.5 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
N 29
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.487. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Cityscape
,
female
,
figurative
,
figure group
,
human figure
,
male
,
standing figure
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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
[Figures in plaza]
c. 1937
1986.56.508.a
Remarks
This work relates to a pair of canvases,
Untitled (four figures in a plaza)
, from c. 1937 (figs. 1, 2).
1. Mark Rothko,
Untitled (four figures in a plaza)
, c. 1937, oil on linen, 24 x 18 1/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.43.112. [Anfam 114]
2. Mark Rothko,
Untitled (four figures in a plaza)
, c. 1937, oil on linen, 21 7/8 x 26 1/6 in., National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, 1986.43.116. [Anfam 115]
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