Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Originally published in 1998 and still in print, this quintessential volume presents an overview of Mark Rothko's stunning corpus of paintings on canvas and panel. With all works reproduced in color, the book includes the images for which Rothko is most famous--the large, hypnotic, poignant fields of color--along with almost 400 additional paintings that reveal a far less well-known artist who was attuned by turns to realism, expressionism, surrealism, and the avant-garde issues of his era.
"Anfam's book is the ultimate Rothko monograph. More than an exhibition record, it is a catalog raisonne: a complete documentation of the artist's paintings that gives an overview of his art available nowhere else. . . . Authoritative and well-written, it unearths sources of his art that most historians have overlooked."--Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
"Far and away the best monograph ever written on Rothko."--Yve-Alain Bois, Artforum
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-696) and index.