In so called Colour Field Painting, colour expresses nothing but itself and the artist's signature in the form of the brush stroke is avoided. The diffuse contours of Rothko's planes of colour make them appear to float and glow. There are only two Rothko's part of Dutch collections.
Specifications
| Title | Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 229 cm Width Error: 258,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Depth Error: 4,7 is not a valid BCD value cm |
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| Artists |
Artist:
Mark Rothko
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| Accession number | 2764 (MK) |
| Credits | Aankoop 1970 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1970 |
| Creation date | in 1960 |
| Entitled parties | © 1998 Mark Rothko, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2020 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Een prikkelcollectie (2000) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Boijmans bij de Buren - Rothko & ik (2019) |
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| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
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All about the artist
Mark Rothko
Dvinsk 1903 - New York 1970
Mark Rothko was born in Russia, but as a child emigrated to America in 1913. Rothko briefly followed a number of art courses, but as artist was largely...
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