[Seated man drawing]
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1986.56.207
Date
Medium
Support
Watermark
Dimensions
10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm)
Estate/Inventory Number
W 407
Catalog Number
IMAGE.1660
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., 1986.56.207. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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References
Snyder, Jill. Against the Stream: Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko in the 1930s. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 1994: 62.
Rathbone, Eliza E., ed. Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea. Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2026: 177, 211, fig. 76 (color).
Rothko, Christopher. “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: Philosophy & Friendship.” In Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea, edited by Eliza E. Rathbone Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2026: 177, fig. 76 (color).
Rathbone, Eliza E., ed. Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea. Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2026: 177, 211, fig. 76 (color).
Rothko, Christopher. “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: Philosophy & Friendship.” In Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea, edited by Eliza E. Rathbone Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2026: 177, fig. 76 (color).
Remarks
The figure in this drawing resembles the artist Milton Avery (1885–1965), with whom Rothko established a long-lasting friendship in the late 1920s.
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