Mountainous Landscape
1901 to 1925
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pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 10.2 x 15.2 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
1986.56.279
Art Historical Context
**Mountainous Landscape** is a delicate ink drawing by Mark Rothko created sometime between 1901 and1925. Rendered in pen and black ink onove paper, this intimate 4 x 6-inch sketch captures a rugged, evocative vista of peaks and valleys, showcasing Rothko's early experimentation with form and line. Housed in the National Gallery of Art collection through a gift from The Mark Rothko Foundation,., it offers a rare glimpse into the artist's formative years before his rise to fame. Rothko, born in 1903 in present-day Latvia and later immigrating to the United States, began his artistic journey wi...
About the Artist
Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko (born Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) stands as one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American art and a central pioneer of Abstract Expressionism. Born into a Jewish family in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia), then part of the Russian Empire, Rothko's early life was marked by the fear and persecution faced by Jews in Tsarist Rus...