Mark Rothko Works On Paper 1st Hardback Edition

Rothko, Mark; Clearwater, Bonnie

ISBN 10: 0933920539 / ISBN 13: 9780933920538

Published by Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1984

About this Item

Reproduces 86 of Rothko's drawings and sketches, dating from the 1920's to 1969 (with many from the artist's final years); text by Bonnie Clearwater, introduction by Dore Ashton; published in conjunction with the 1984 Rothko exhibition organized by the Mark Rothko Foundation; black cloth boards with black and blind-embossed titling to front and spine; foxing to endpapers, prelims, and text block, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper. 144pp. 4to. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Seller Inventory # 23186

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mark Rothko Works On Paper 1st Hardback Edition
• Publisher: Hudson Hills Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0933920539
• ISBN 13: 9780933920538
• Binding: hardbound
• Illustrator: profusely illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art and Culture

About this title

Synopsis

Mark Rothko, a monumental figure in twentieth-century American art and a founder of Abstract Expressionism, is universally known for his huge paintings depicting floating rectangles of glowing colours. Less well known are his works on paper: he held onto most of these, and they were unavailable and largely unknown during his lifetime and during the long years of litigation that followed his death. Now the finest of them can at last be seen. "Mark Rothko: Works on Paper" presents the intimate legacy of a giant of modern art. As author Bonnie Clearwater writes, 'with the symmetry, tidy execution, and minimal gesture, the small works on paper often seem to be more quintessential Rothko than many of his canvases...They should be appreciated for their subtlety, their directness, and what they disclose about the artist's aesthetic'.

About the Author

Bonnie Clearwater is the curator of the Mark Rothko Foundation. Dore Ashton is a noted art historian and critic.