Woman Seated on a Sofa with a Child on Her Lap 

This early work by Mark Rothko, created before his famous color-field paintings, is a study of a woman and child. The figures, a woman holding a child on her lap, are depicted in a loose, gestural style, a hallmark of Rothko's early work. The composition emphasizes the intimate bond between the figures, conveyed through their close proximity and soft, muted colors. This piece showcases the artist's evolving style, moving towards simplified forms and an emotional expressiveness that would become synonymous with his later abstract works.