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Title:Death of Patroklos
Artist:Judith Rothschild (American, New York 1922–1993 New York)
Date:1987
Medium:Acrylic and aluminum on canvas, mounted to aluminum panel
Dimensions:24 × 44 in. (61 × 111.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation, 1997
Accession Number:1997.405.1
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): J Rothschild / 1987
the artist, New York (1987–d. 1993); The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York (1993–97; their gift to MMA)
Provincetown, Mass. Long Point Gallery. "Homeric Themes," August 9–22, 1987, no catalogue.
New York. Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer Gallery. "Judith Rothschild: Reliefs and Paintings 1986–87," January 26–February 13, 1988, no catalogue.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Judith Rothschild: Relief Paintings, 1972–1987," June 17–September 18, 1988, no. 46.
Portland, Me. Portland Museum of Art. "Judith Rothschild: Relief Paintings, 1972–1987," October 19–November 27, 1988, no. 46.
Fair Lawn, N. J. Maurice M. Pine Public Library. "Eidolons and Whirligigs," March 5–April 9, 1989, no catalogue.
Moscow. State Tretyakov Gallery. "Beyond the Plane: The Relief Paintings of Judith Rothschild," September 17–October 13, 1991, no. 41 (lent by the artist).
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Museum of Art. "Beyond the Plane: The Relief Paintings of Judith Rothschild," June 27–August 16, 1992, no. 41.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Paintings of Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search," May 19–September 6, 1998, unnumbered cat. (pl. 40).
Washington, D. C. Phillips Collection. "Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search," May 15–August 15, 1999, unnumbered cat. (pl. 40).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search," October 25, 2001–February 17, 2002, unnumbered cat. (pl. 40).
David Bonetti. "Art: The First Resort." Boston Phoenix (September 4, 1987), p. 14, section 3, calls it "The Death of Patroklos I".
Richard H. Axsom. Judith Rothschild: Relief Paintings, 1972–1987. Exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1988, unpaginated, no. 46, colorpl. 12.
Richard H. Axsom. Beyond the Plane: The Relief Paintings of Judith Rothschild. Exh. cat., State Tretyakov, Moscow. New York, 1992, pp. 19–21, 27, colorpl. 41.
Jack Flam. Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search. New York, 1998, pp. 7, 14, 90, colorpl. 40, ill. front and back cover (color).
Edward J. Sozanski. "A Serious Painter's Revealing Voyage of Exploration." Philadelphia Inquirer (August 23, 1998), p. F11.
Judith H. Dobrzynski. "Questions Over The Met's Show of Minor Artist." New York Times (August 11, 1998), p. A1, ill.
Nicola Lewis. "The Evolution of Abstract Artist Judith Rothschild." Washington Post (July 25, 1999), p. G3.
Jack Flam inJudith Rothschild. Exh. cat., Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal. Wuppertal, 2003, pp. 9–10, 22, ill. p. 153 (color).
Claes Oldenburg (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1929–2022 New York)
1962
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