Art, literature & historyAbstraction [recto]
c. 1944/1946
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor with touches of gouache, with scratching, scraping, and rubbing on handmade paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 58.7 x 40.6 cm (23 1/8 x 16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1986.43.187.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Abstraction [recto] — Mark Rothko. c. 1944/1946.
Medium: watercolor with touches of gouache, with scratching, scraping, and rubbing on handmade paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 58.7 x 40.6 cm (23 1/8 x 16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1986.43.187.a. Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc..
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.