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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Untitled (Study for Harvard Murals) (recto and verso)

1961

Artists

Mark RothkoArtist

Description

Dried spots of glue? at l.r.c. and u.r. edge. Paper creased at u.r.c.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Tempera on purple construction paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 17.7 x 15.8 cm (6 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Mark Rothko; to the Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, 1970, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.

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