Untitled (seated woman in striped blouse)

1933/1934

Mark Rothko

Associated Names
Mark Rothko

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

The image is a painting of a person from the chest up. The person is seated upright, with defined facial features and dark hair that is short and combed back. They wear an orange garment with vertical blue stripes against a background of earthy tones and soft pinks and browns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on construction paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.94 × 22.38 cm (11 × 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.56.472

  • Copyright

    Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Mark Rothko: A Centential Celebration, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, 2003.

  • Paintings and Drawings of Mark Rothko (1903-1970) from the National Gallery in Washington: The Artist's 100th Anniversary, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003-2004, no. 27.

2023

  • Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2023-2024, no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

2023

  • Greenhalgh, Adam.Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, 2024: 14-15, 27, unpaginated, pl. 1.

Wikidata ID

Q64596357

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