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Mark Rothko
Geologic Reverie1946

Not on view
Horizontal abstract drawing in graphite, chalk, and blue ink on tan paper, with smudged gray field above a dusty pink band, scattered with curving lines, organic shapes, and small marks
Artist or Maker
Mark Rothko
Latvia, active United States, 1903-1970
Title
Geologic Reverie
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1946
Medium
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 7/8 × 29 3/4 in. (55.56 × 75.57 cm) Image: 21 7/8 × 29 3/4 in. (55.56 × 75.57 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Marion Pike
Accession Number
M.53.5
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • John Marin: 1870-1953. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.
  • Jones, Leslie. Drawing Surrealism. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
  • Falconer, Morgan. Painting Beyond Pollock. London: Phaidon, 2015.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Drawing Surrealism. October 21, 2012 - January 6, 2013
Copyright
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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