Four Darks in Red
Painting by Mark Rothko
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| Artist | Mark Rothko |
| Year | 1958 |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Dimensions | 259.1 cm × 294.6 cm (102.0 in × 116.0 in) |
| Location | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
Four Darks in Red is a 1958 painting by American painter Mark Rothko. It is currently in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.[1]
Description
The painting is composed of four dark, rectangular forms set against a red field. This work, like Rothko's other paintings in the late 1950s, features a dark palette.[1] Four Darks in Red precedes Rothko's Seagram murals, which share this work's red, maroon, and black hues.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Mark Rothko, Four Darks in Red". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ "Room 2: Four Darks in Red 1958". The Tate. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
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Mark Rothko
- No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange) (1949)
- White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) (1950)
- No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) (1951)
- Untitled (1952)
- No. 61 (Rust and Blue) (1953)
- No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) (1954)
- No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) (1954)
- Black in Deep Red (1957)
- Black on Maroon (1958)
- Four Darks in Red (1958)
- No. 10 (1958)
- Orange, Red, Yellow (1961)
- Untitled (Black on Grey) (1970)
- Seagram murals
- Rothko Chapel (1971)
- Abstract expressionism
- Color field
- Arshile Gorky (instructor)
- Max Weber (teacher)
- Rothko case
- Red (2009 play)
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