Foreword / Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko -- The Experience Behind the Icon / Christopher Rothko -- Mark Rothko: A Daughter's Sketch / Kate Rothko Prizel -- Two Ways of Being Alone / Alexander Nemerov -- Back to the Beginning / Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Plates -- Select Bibliography -- List of Public Collections -- Chronology -- Index -- Photograph Credits.
Summary:
"Deluxe and comprehensive, this revelatory volume examines the brilliance of Mark Rothko (1903-1970), a pioneer of the New York School and major figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Illustrated with more than 275 images that explore his paintings, prints, and works on paper, this book highlights the best-known and also lesser-known works by Rothko--from his early figurative and Surrealist works to his mesmerizing color-field paintings of immense scale to the more restricted palette of his luminous later works and his final series of black-and-gray paintings. Among Rothko's artistic philosophies, he held that painting was a deeply psychological and spiritual experience through which basic human emotions could be communicated. This is the first book to include foldouts that highlight works from the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C." -- Publisher marketing.
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