Three Figures, One Smoking a Pipe

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

The image is an abstract line drawing showing three people. On the left, a person facing in profile is shown with a pipe in their mouth, wearing a hat and sporting a short mustache. In the center, a person is seated with their arms resting on their knees and long, flowing hair falling over their shoulders. The person on the right is reclining with minimal facial details and short, unkempt hair. Minimal background elements include abstracted shapes resembling clouds or smoke and distant hills with sparse plant life.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.56.320

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

  • Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 1994, unnumbered checklist.

Wikidata ID

Q64596178

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