Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonne
New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press, 2001. Second Reprint with additional corrections. Hardcover. Black cloth, cream & color illus. dust jacket, matching paper board slipcase, 708 pp., many BW & color illus., weighs 11.5 lbs. Slipcase and DJ are VG+. Inside hinge of book is cleanly broken so that the front hinge is not attached to the text block. Item #214236
ISBN: 9780300074895
The first definitive catalog raisonne of Latvian-born American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). "It documents Rothko's entire output of paintings on canvas and panel, reproducing all the extant works in color. An introductory text also investigates every essential feature of Rothko's art." (dj) An amazing volume. Please note that this is the 2001 edition, a second reprint with additional corrections (as opposed to the first ed. in 1998 and the first reprint with corrections in 1999). Contents as follows: Foreword / Earl A. Powell III -- Preface with acknowledgments / David Anfam -- Guide to the catalogue raisonné -- The paintings of Mark Rothko: A complex simplicity -- Introduction: To see Rothko -- Surveying the Rothko canon -- Chronology: Inventory, dates, inscriptions and titles -- I. The early years: 1924-1939 -- II. The years of transition: 1940-1950 -- III. The classic years: 1951-1970 -- Catalogue raisonné -- Concordance of estate and catalogue numbers -- Works in public collections -- Reference abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration acknowledgments.
OCLC: 51943869
Price: $160.00