Abstract painting showing swirling ink spots, delicate blue and orange lines, and soft gray washes.

Drawings

Baptismal Scene

1945

Medium
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (52.1 × 36.8 cm)
Accession number
46.12
Acquired
1946
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Mark Rothko, Baptismal Scene, 1945. Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, sheet (Irregular): 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (52.1 × 36.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 46.12. © Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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