Four Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art

April 19, 2025 - April 11, 2027

Boise Art Museum is thrilled to announce that we have been invited, among only ten art museums nationwide, to participate in the National Gallery of Art’s “Across the Nation” program, to share the nation’s collection with museums across the country. We welcome you to take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience four noteworthy and beloved artworks presented at the Boise Art Museum.

Berthe Morisot, Young Woman with a Straw Hat, 1884
Thomas Eakins, Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville), 1904
Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1948
Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1950

The “Across the Nation” program commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States of America in 2026 and continues through 2027.

Organized by the Boise Art Museum

Mark Rothko
Untitled, 1950
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas
Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko /
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Berthe Morisot
Young Woman with a Straw Hat, 1884
oil on canvas
Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection Thomas Eakins
Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville), 1904
oil on canvas
Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Elizabeth O. Carville Mark Rothko
Untitled, 1948
oil and acrylic on canvas
Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko /
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York A woman wearing a straw-colored, brimmed hat, adorned with flowers, has been painted with layers of loose brushstrokes. She is shown in profile, from the waist up, looking to our right. Her reddish-blonde hair is visible beneath the brim of the hat, which is secured with a long piece of dark purple fabric tied in a large bow beneath her chin. Her long-sleeved white dress is accented with a light blue sash at her waist. Abstract blue and green brushstrokes cover the background of the image, with some pink and red-orange clusters of brushstrokes near the lower edge. A portrait of a woman with upswept dark hair and brown eyes has been painted from the chest up, in a realistic style, with some brushstrokes still visible. Her face and gaze are turned slightly to our left, holding a neutral expression. She is wearing a white pleated top with a light purple sash around her neck. The initials “T. E.” appear in the upper left corner, against a mottled brown-grey background. A nearly square abstract painting features a pastel orange background covered with a patchwork of soft, irregular shapes in light purple, dark purple, and cream. The edges of the shapes are blurred with visible brushstrokes. A handpainted, dashed purple line runs horizontally across the canvas in the upper third of the composition. Loose bright orange brushstrokes roughly create a small square area near the painting’s center. A four-foot-wide abstract painting features a yellow rectangle across the upper third of the painting, resting on a dark brown rectangle, which makes up the lower two-thirds. The edges of the rectangles are loosely blurred with visible brushstrokes. An irregular, hand-painted white line traces the outer edges of the rectangles. These two shapes nearly fill the composition, apart from a narrow red border around all four sides of the painting.

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