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[Untitled]
1986.56.522
Date
c. 1940
Medium
Watercolor
,
ink
Support
Laid paper
Watermark
Strathmore
Dimensions
8 3/8 x 5 5/16 in. (21.3 x 13.5 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
N 20
Collection
National Gallery of Art
, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.522. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Tags
Figurative
,
Greek mythology
,
Oedipus
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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
References
Anfam, David.
Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas Catalogue Raisonné.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1998: 50, fig. 47 (color).
Related Works on Paper
[Untitled]
c. 1940
1986.56.506
Remarks
This drawing relates to a 1940 canvas,
Oedipus
(fig. 1).
1. Mark Rothko,
Oedipus
, 1940, oil on linen, 36 x 24 in., Collection of Christopher Rothko, © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. [Anfam 179]
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