Seemingly Neither Organic Nor Man-Made, Mark Rothko’s Paintings on Paper Resonate as a Kind of Communion

This is your chance to see Rothko’s paintings on paper as he intended them — many of them are exhibited without the protective intercession of museum glass between your eyes and his paint.

Copyright 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Mark Rothko, 'Untitled,' circa 1946, watercolor and ink on watercolor paper. Sheet: 22 3/4" x 31 5/16". National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. Copyright 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
National Gallery, Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.
November 19, 2023 – March 31, 2024

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