Mark Rothko

Baptismal Scene

1945

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

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

Recto

Not on view

Date
1945

Classification
Drawings

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

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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