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Rothko | 
 enlarge | Author: Achim Borchardt-hume
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Buy New: $37.80
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 9.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1854377884
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9781854377883
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Product Description
A leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) is widely seen as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. His paintings are famous for the intense, emotional responses they elicit from viewers. Shortly before his death, Rothko donated nine large-scale works to Tate on the condition that they would always hang together in their own space, separate from the work of other artists. This is how the Rothko Room, one of the highlights of Tate's collection, was born. These paintings form part of a larger series known as The Seagram Murals, which were originally intended for the Four Seasons restaurant in New York, a commission from which Rothko famously withdrew. Now, in this landmark reassessment, The Seagram Murals are reunited and cast in a new light by leading international critics including Bryony Fer, David Anfam, and Morgan Thomas. With revealing new research, this groundbreaking book challenges the mythology surrounding Rothko and his work.
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 A high-quality (though not groundbreaking) publication April 16, 2009
Claude Reich (Florianopolis, Brazil and Paris, France)
The catalogue for last year's blockbuster show at the Tate Gallery in London, this book focuses on Rothko's late series (the Seagram Murals, the late black on gray paintings). It is therefore not a complete retrospective of the artist's career (at least four other books are available if you are looking for a broader study of his art), but it nevertheless is a high-quality publication with many first-rate illustrations of Rothko's darkest and most austere works. Interesting essays by leading authorities on the artist (especially by David Anfam, the author of the widely praised catalogue raisonne of Rothko's paintings) explain the significance of this shift to a darker palette, the importance of the relationship between the paintings and the space they were meant to be hung in, the artist's mood and psyche during the 1960's, his uneasiness with success and money, or his rejection of a purely decorative and colorful art.
On the whole a valuable addition to the albeit extensive literature on the artist. Do not expect any breakthrough study though, most of the ideas that appear in these essays having already been expressed in earlier publications (by Diane Waldman, Jeffrey Weiss and, of course, David Anfam)with the exception of the chapter dealing with the pigments and components used by the artist, with very interesting photographs of the different layers of paint.
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