Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1999. Reprint with corrections. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 708pp. Black cloth with white lettering and publisher's device on spine, in original color-illustrated dust jacket, housed in color-illustrated paper covered cloth slipcase. Black endpapers. Full page frontispiece, photographic reproduction of Rothko studying one of his paintings photographed by Kay Bell Reynal.
The first volume, The Works on Canvas, of an exhaustive Catalogue Raisonné of the art of Mark Rothko, one of the foremost abstract artists of the twentieth century. David Anfam introduces Rothko, illuminating "every essential feature" of Rothko's art; from his most noteworthy pieces "along with almost 400 further pictures that reveal a far less well known yet fascinating figure who was attuned by turns to realism, expressionism, surrealism, and the avant-garde of his era." Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographic reproductions of Rothko's art. Contains exhaustive bibliography. Sheet with pages 41/42 folded twice diagonally near foredge, else minor wear. Slipcase with light wear and bookseller price tag on verso. Near fine condition. Item #55460
ISBN: 0300074891
Price: $275.00