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Death of Patroklos
1987 · Acrylic and aluminum on canvas, mounted to aluminum panel
24 × 44 in. (61 × 111.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Judith Rothschild
Artist
WA-00031012
PaintingGeometric AbstractionColor FieldAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
18
Works in Collection
28
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (2)
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Judith Rothschild was an American abstract painter whose work emerged from postwar geometric abstraction and color field painting. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she developed a restrained palette and compositional logic rooted in the formal investigations of her era. Her practice remained largely independent of major institutional recognition during her lifetime, though her disciplined approach to color relationships and spatial structure positioned her within the broader abstract movements of mid-century American art.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Geometric Abstraction
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Artworks (18)
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Artwork sources (6)
18 published of 26 catalogued · 19 with image
- MoMA8 publishedof 16 catalogued16 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published
- The Met3 published
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
- Whitney1 published
- Tate1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)
4 entries · 1 sources
- 1946 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1945 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1950 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1974 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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9Institutional
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Tate
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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