Rothko Memorial Portfolio (1973)

Richard Smith

colour aquatint and etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Print, Portfolio

Physical Object Description:

Abstraction of crimson red gestural marks against horizontal ruled lines and two vertical bars in crimson; held inside individual grey glassine wrapper and housed in dark red linen portfolio box with portfolio title on spine. 1973 Colour aquatint and etching. Signed, dated and numbered 58/75 in pencil

Technique:

Aquatint, Etching

Dimensions:

51 x 63.5 (sheet) cm

Accession Number:

2000,0521.49.13

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Nancy Balfour bequest, 2000

Scheme:

Nancy Balfour Bequest (2000)

Ownership history:

Bequeathed by Nancy Balfour (1911-1997) to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 2000

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Nancy Balfour

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