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1938 (ca.), Mark Rothko, Untitled (seated figure in interior) [watercolor] -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the museum label: Rothko was always concerned with the relationship between an artwork and its viewer. In this watercolor a figure sits before an easel painting of a blue-skinned, pink-haired alter ego. The latter beckons invitingly with a curved blue hook of an arm. Bubblegum pink reflects onto the viewer's face, tinting it. The pair stare at each other intensely, locked in silent communion. Throughout his entire career, Rothko sought to foster engaging and potentially transformative encounters between viewers and paintings.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper.
1938 (ca.), Mark Rothko, Untitled (seated figure in interior) [watercolor] -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the museum label: Rothko was always concerned with the relationship between an artwork and its viewer. In this watercolor a figure sits before an easel painting of a blue-skinned, pink-haired alter ego. The latter beckons invitingly with a curved blue hook of an arm. Bubblegum pink reflects onto the viewer's face, tinting it. The pair stare at each other intensely, locked in silent communion. Throughout his entire career, Rothko sought to foster engaging and potentially transformative encounters between viewers and paintings.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper.