Untitled [verso]
1940s
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View on museum website →Medium
pen and black ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall (irregular): 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession Number
1997.119.22.b
Art Historical Context
**Untitled [verso]** by Judith Rothschild invites us into the intimate world of a 1940s drawing, crafted with pen and black ink on paper. Measuring a modest 17.2 x 24.8 cm, this irregularly shaped work from the verso—the back side of the sheet—captures the spontaneity of an artist's exploratory mark-making. Rothschild, an American artist active in New York during a transformative era, used this simple yet versatile medium to delve into personal expression amid the turbulence of World War II and the postwar shift toward abstraction. Pen and ink on paperboard offered Rothschild a direct, unforg...