Mark Rothko
Dvinsk, Russia 1903 - New York City 1970
Photo credit Regina Bogart
When you look at Rothko, you see dark or light colors, but the meaning of these works goes beyond the sense impressions that the colors produce us. They put us in touch with something else, something immaterial and metaphysical.
Mark Rothko, No. 9 (Dark over Light Earth/Violet and Yellow in Rose), 1954. Oil on canvas, 211,46 x 172,72 x 4,45 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1987. © 1998 Kate Rothko Priezel & Christopher Rothko / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Mark Rothko, No.46 (Black, Ochre, Red Over Red), 1957. Oil on canvas, 252,73 x 207,01 x 4,45 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1985. © 1998 Kate Rothko Priezel & Christopher Rothko / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Mark Rothko, Red and Brown, 1957. Oil on canvas, frame: 179.07 x 113,35 x 5,72 cm, image: 175,26 x 109,86 x 2,86 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1988. © 1998 Kate Rothko Priezel & Christopher Rothko / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Mark Rothko, Black and Dark Sienna on Purple, 1960, No.46 (Black, Ochre, Red Over Red), 1957, No.61 (Rust and Blue) [Brown Blue, Brown on Blue], 1953. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection. Installation Villa Panza, Varese, early '70s. © 1998 Kate Rothko Priezel & Christopher Rothko / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano