Mark Rothko
Subtitle: the realist years : selected works : October 31, 2001-January 05, 2002.
Contributors: Kertess, Klaus.; PaceWildenstein (Firm)
Publisher: PaceWildenstein; Pace Wildenstein
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Realist years
Description: This volume is a catalog published to accompany an exhibition of the works, produced in the 1930s, of Russian-born American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). Rothko is generally classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter". Early in his career, Rothko worked in a realistic style that culminated in his Subway series of the late 1930s, showing the loneliness of persons in drab urban environments. This exhibition showed a gathering of Rothko's work from the 1930's, a time when he was sifting through many sources, old and new, for inspiration. Traces of Cezanne and Soutine, Renaissance Italy and Reginald Marsh all turn up in the modest-size paintings.
Notes: Essay by Klaus Kertess.