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[Woman and two children]
1986.56.246
Date
c. 1937
Medium
Watercolor
,
graphite
Support
Wove paper
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (22.5 x 15.1 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
H 7.1
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.246. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Boy
,
child
,
cityscape
,
female
,
female
,
figurative
,
figure group
,
girl
,
human figure
,
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
Remarks
This work relates to a 1937 canvas,
Untitled [Woman and Two Children]
(fig. 1). The drawing is superimposed with a graphite grid that Rothko would have used as a guide when enlarging the image on canvas.
1. Mark Rothko,
Untitled [Woman and Two Children]
, 1937, oil on canvas board, 34 3/4 x 23 3/4 in., Ira Smolin, New York, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 105]
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