Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals: A Fugitive History of Art and Science by Bryan Markovitz, Ph.D., Brown University

Figures: Chapter 3

Fig 31, Magnified cross section of paint sample from Panel Five. Originally printed in: Jens Stenger et al., “The Making of Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals,” Studies in Conservation 61, no. 6 (2016): 336. A similar image appears in Hensick and Whitmore, “Rothko’s Harvard Murals,” 24.

Fig. 32, Tacking strip for Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, 15 June 2018, Harvard Art Museums Strauss Center for Conservation Archives, Folder 8. © Harvard Art Museums.

Fig. 33, Diffraction pattern graph for Lithol Red, August 1987, Harvard Art Museums Strauss Center for Conservation Archives, Folder 6. © Harvard Art Museums.

Fig 34, Fading test panel produced for the 1988 exhibition and monograph. In: Cohn, Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals, 25. © Harvard Art Museums.

Fig. 35, Exhibition photo of “Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals” featuring Rothko’s works on paper, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, August 6-October 2, 1988). Works of art by Mark Rothko © 2018 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. https://rothko.nga.gov/Detail/occurrences/251

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Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Fig. 36, Exhibition photo of “Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals” featuring the paintings in their original position with low lighting, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, August 6-October 2, 1988). Works of art by Mark Rothko © 2018 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko. https://rothko.nga.gov/Detail/occurrences/251