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Biographical Note:
Adam Greenhalgh is associate curator at the National Gallery of Art and lead author of the online catalogue raisonné of Rothko's works on paper published by the National Gallery of Art.
Brief Description:
Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 19th November 2023-31st March 2024; National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, 16th May-22 September 2024.
Publisher Marketing:
A revelatory exploration of Mark Rothko's paintings on paper that transforms our understanding of a preeminent twentieth-century artist
"[A] superb catalogue."--Charles Giuliano, Berkshire Fine Arts
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) is renowned for his towering abstract paintings on canvas; joy, despair, ecstasy, and tragedy are among the themes that he sought to express in his luminous works. Despite Rothko's prominence, few people know that he also created more than 1,000 paintings on paper over the course of his career. The artist viewed these not as preliminary studies but as finished paintings in their own right.
These remarkable paintings range from early figurative subjects and surrealist works to the soft-edged rectangular fields, often realized at monumental scale, for which Rothko is best known. These works challenge our expectations about how painting is defined, as well as popular ideas about Rothko and his career. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Adam Greenhalgh traces the role these works played in the artist's reception, reputation, and success.
This book accompanies the first major exhibition dedicated to Rothko's works on paper in forty years and brings together nearly one hundred radiant, rarely displayed examples. Building on the important research conducted by Greenhalgh and his team for the catalogue raisonné of Rothko's works on paper, this important catalogue offers a new appreciation of an underrecognized facet of the artist's practice.
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery of Art, Washington
(November 19, 2023-March 31, 2024)
The National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo
(May 16-September 22, 2024)
Review Citations:
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Choice 07/01/2024 (EAN 9780300266474, Hardcover)
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Author: Greenhalgh, Adam
Publisher: Yale University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2023-11-14
BISAC: Art / Individual Artists / Monographs|Art / History / 20th & 21st Century|Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Subjects: Rothko, Mark|Exhibition catalogs
Weight: 3.2 lbs
ISBN: 9780300266474
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780300266474
