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Textile with Partial Wheel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Textile with Partial Wheel by Mark Rothko. A predominantly purple-brown textile with a jagged edge on the left side. The jagged edge appears lighter in color on the left and fades to a dark brown on the right. The rest of the textile features various lighter and darker patches, mostly rounded or irregularly shaped, with some white and light brown areas scattered throughout.

Artwork details

Date:
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium:
Resist-dyed plain-weave silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
364 × 623 px
Museum record:
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