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III. The Classic Years: 1951–1970
David Anfam
Description: Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas—Catalogue Raisonné
Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas—Catalogue Raisonné
~“I paint very large pictures. … The reason I paint them, however,—I think it applies to other painters I know—is precisely because I want to be very intimate and human”—Rothko, 1951 Mark Rothko, statement in “A Symposium on How to Combine...
Author
David Anfam
PublisherNational Gallery of Art
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1998 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00213.004
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20471
Chapter subject tags:Symbolism of colorsColor-field paintingRepetition (Aesthetics)Painting, AbstractPainting, American--20th century

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III. The Classic Years: 1951–1970