Green & Maroon.
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Title |
Green & Maroon. |
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Creator |
Rothko, Mark (American painter, born in Russia, 1903-1970) |
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Date |
1953 |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Abstract (fine arts style)
Abstract Expressionist
Color-field
Modern (styles and periods) |
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Subject |
Abstract paintings
Abstract works |
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Description |
"By the turn of the 1950s Rothko had arrived at the pictorial format which was to serve him for the rest of his career; horizontal lozenges of soft-edged color hovering in a large vertically oriented field. These clouds of color were seen by him as abstract 'performers' possessing tragic or ethereal demeanors. In a sense, then, they became stand-ins for the body, although landscape associations were also present. Subject-matter therefore continued to be central to his abstractions but, as with Pollock, a radical 'veiling' of the personal was enacted in favor of primal or transcendent invocations." (Excerpt, p. 23); "In Rothko's abstractions the bounds of physical contingency were evacuated in favor of a glimpse of impersonal, cosmic imperatives. The scale of the works was calculated so that spectators could measure their physical size against the colored masses. This could lead to the feeling of being enveloped or transported out of the body." (Caption, p. 23) |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
231.8 x 139.1 cm |
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Technique |
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making) |
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Work Type |
Oil paintings
Paintings
Abstract paintings
Abstract works |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.22, fig.11). |
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Rights |
Reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Acquired 1957. © ARS, NY, and DACS, London, 2000. (1664) |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 460-48.jpg |
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