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Rothko : the color field paintings / foreword by Christopher Rothko ; essay by Janet Bishop ; picture editor, Jenny Moussa Spring.
Fine Arts Library ND237.R725 A4 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970, artist.
- Standardized Title:
- Paintings. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970--Themes, motives.
- Rothko, Mark.
- Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970.
- Color-field painting--United States--Themes, motives.
- Color-field painting.
- Themes, motives.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2017]
- Summary:
- Mark Rothko's iconic paintings are some of the most profound works of twentieth-century Abstract Expressionism. This collection presents fifty large-scale artworks from the American master's color field period (1949-1970) alongside essays by Rothko's son, Christopher Rothko, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator of painting and sculpture Janet Bishop. Featuring illuminating details about Rothko's life, influences, and legacy, and brimming with the emotional power and expressive color of his groundbreaking canvases, this essential volume brings the renowned artist's luminous work to light for both longtime Rothko fans and those discovering his work for the very first time.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Color, form, and drama / by Christopher Rothko
- Mark Rothko: slow looking / by Janet Bishop
- The color field paintings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 117).
- Contains:
- Bishop, Janet C. Mark Rothko.
- ISBN:
- 9781452156590
- 145215659X
- OCLC:
- 964065841
- Publisher Number:
- 40027455128
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