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Standing Nude Turned to the Left, Head Sideways

Mark Rothko

Associated Names

Mark Rothko

Artist, American, born Russia (now Latvia), 1903 - 1970

The image shows a pencil sketch of a person in a three-quarter side view. The person is standing upright, looking up with their head tilted back. The sketch features rough lines for facial features like a prominent nose and closed lips, short and roughly shaded hair, and a nude figure with expressive pencil strokes outlining the body. There are no accessories or objects in the image, and the background is plain paper.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Dimensions

overall: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1986.56.151
Copyright

Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64595863

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