• Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing Away. The cover is grey with black text and a photo of a brown, black, red, and white Rothko painting.
  • The book is open to two pages. The right page has a black, red, and brown Rothko work. The left page has a description of the work.
  • The book is open to two pages. The right page has a blue and black Rothko work and the left page has a description of the work.
  • The book is open to two pages. The left page has a black and white photo of Mark Rothko and the right page has a List of Works in the book.
  • There is a pile of five Rothko 1968: Clearing Away books stacked on top of each other. The covers are grey with a black, red, brown, and white Rothko painting on them.
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Mark Rothko: 1968: Clearing Away

$45.00
$45.00

Designed by graphic design studio Kellenberger–White, this book was published in concert with an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s rarely seen, intimately-sized paintings and works on paper at Pace’s new gallery in London’s Hanover Square.

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The book hones in on a lesser-known aspect of Rothko’s practice and his late-career achievements. It includes high-quality images of works in the inaugural London show; an introduction by the artist’s son, Christopher Rothko; an essay by Barbican Art Gallery Curator Eleanor Nairne; and a chronology of major exhibitions, commissions, and other events in Rothko’s life and career in the 1960s. Text in the publication is rendered in a custom typeface developed by Kellenberger–White.
Publication details

Contributors: Christopher Rothko, Eleanor Nairne
Publisher: Pace Publishing
Publication date: 2021
Hardcover.
96 pages: 46 color images
12 ½ x 9 ⅗ inches
Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing Away. The cover is grey with black text and a photo of a brown, black, red, and white Rothko painting.
The book is open to two pages. The right page has a black, red, and brown Rothko work. The left page has a description of the work.
The book is open to two pages. The right page has a blue and black Rothko work and the left page has a description of the work.
The book is open to two pages. The left page has a black and white photo of Mark Rothko and the right page has a List of Works in the book.
There is a pile of five Rothko 1968: Clearing Away books stacked on top of each other. The covers are grey with a black, red, brown, and white Rothko painting on them.

Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko, a pioneer of the New York School, is one of the most significant and influential artists of the twentieth century, predominantly recognized for his mesmerizing Color-field paintings of immense scale. Among Rothko’s artistic philosophies, he held that painting was a deeply psychological and spiritual experience through which basic human emotions could be communicated.

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