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Milton Avery

Portrait of Mark Rothko with Pipe

Maker

Milton Avery (American, 1893-1965), designer

Title

Portrait of Mark Rothko with Pipe

Year

1936

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

drypoint

Dimensions

18.4 x 17.1 cm (7 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil, LR margin:Milton Avery 1936; on plate, LL:Milton Avery

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the estate of Milton Avery

Object Number

67.108

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Facing Artists
Twentieth Century Portraits from the Collection
Feb 27, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009

Label copy

From the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s Milton Avery painted simplified flat forms that influenced a younger group of artists who frequently visited his home studio,

including Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko (American, born Russia, 1903-1970). This drypoint profile view of Rothko casually smoking his pipe, one of several portraits Avery made of Rothko when the artists were neighbors in New York City, conveys their easy rapport.

A Private Collection Goes Public
Prints from the Fazzano Brothers Gift
Sep 18, 1987 – Nov 08, 1987
New Acquisitions 1967-1968.
Jan 01, 1967 – Jan 01, 1968

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Tombstone

Milton Avery (American, 1893-1965), designer
Portrait of Mark Rothko with Pipe, 1936
Drypoint
18.4 x 17.1 cm (7 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches) (plate)
Gift of the estate of Milton Avery 67.108

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