
Mark Rothko
Sacrifice
1946
On view
Mark Rothko
1968
From the late 1940s Rothko began painting pure abstraction, contributing to the development of Color Field painting, marked by vast non-centered expanses of color. In Untitled (Red) the saturated black and red, floating in rectangular shapes, are dominant entities. Through these two-dimensional color-rich fields Rothko translated universal spiritual states, alluding primarily to the tragic human condition.
Artist | Mark Rothko |
Date | 1968 |
Medium | Acrylic on paper, mounted on canvas |
Dimensions | 83.8 x 65.4 cm |
Credit line | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 |
Accession | 2012.92 |
Collection | Schulhof Collection |
Type | Work on paper |
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Mark Rothko
1946
On view
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