Untitled
c. 1944
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View on museum website →Medium
watercolor, pen and black ink, and brush and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 27.8 x 37.6 cm (10 15/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
1986.43.215
Art Historical Context
Mark Rothko's *Untitled* (c. 1944) offers a captivating glimpse into the artist's early experimentation during a pivotal moment in his career Created on wove paper with watercolor, pen and black ink, and brush black ink, this intimate drawing measures just 27.8 x 37.6 cm. Donated to the National Gallery of Art by The Rothko Foundation, Inc it exemplifies Rothko's transition in the 1940s from figurative scenes to more abstract, surrealist-inspired forms amid the cultural ferment of wartime New York. In this period, Rothkoborn Marcus Rothkowitz in Russia and a key figure in Abstract Expressioni...
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...