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A Great Loss: Susan Rothenberg 1945 - 2020


 Susan Rothenberg in her studio. Photograph by Jason Schmidt / Courtesy Sperone Westwater



"I was searching for an image and all I had to find it with was my head and my hand . . . That's what a painter is a hand and a head."

-Susan Rothenberg




 Blue Head, 1981




 5 Eyes (Study), 1997




 Installation view: Susan Rothenberg: The Mayor Gallery Recent Paintings, 12 Feb - 15 Mar, 1980




Red Swans, 1982




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