The Gothic XI
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View on museum website →Medium
aluminum relief with acrylic on aluminum panel
Dimensions
overall: 229.2 x 154.3 cm (90 1/4 x 60 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Number
1998.29.1
Art Historical Context
**The Gothic XI** (1991) by Judith invites viewers into the artist's late-career exploration of abstracted architectural forms. Rothschild (1921–1993), a American abstract painter associated with geometric abstraction, created this work as part of a series evoking Gothic motifs through non-representational shapes. At 229.2 x 154.3 cm, its monumental scale commands attention in the National Gallery of Art, where it entered the collection as a generous gift from The Judith Rothschild Foundation. Crafted as an aluminum relief with acrylic on an aluminum panel, the piece blends painting and sculp...