No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray)
| No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) | |
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| Artist | Mark Rothko |
| Year | 1949 |
| Medium | Acrylic on canvas |
| Dimensions | 240 cm × 151.8 cm (94 in × 59.8 in) |
| Owner | Private collection |
No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) is a 1954 oil on canvas painting in a color field style by Latvian-born American artist Mark Rothko created in 1954. After his experiments with mythological themes and Surrealism to express tragedy he turned to depicting irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color.[1]
Description
[edit]The painting depicts three blurred blocks of yellow, white and blue opposed against a gray ground.[1] He made the various layers of the painting dry quickly, without mixing of colors, so that he could soon create new layers on top of the earlier ones.[2][3] No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) belongs to Rothko’s late period when he for seven years painted in oil only on large canvases with vertical formats. Very large-scale designs were used, in Rothko's words, to make the viewer feel "enveloped within" the painting.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mark Rothko, NO. 6 (YELLOW, WHITE, BLUE OVER YELLOW ON GRAY)". Sotheby's. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Qiu, Jane (26 November 2008). "Rothko's methods revealed". Nature. 456 (7221): 447. doi:10.1038/456447a. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ "Mark Rothko: The Artist's Reality - The Culturium -". The Culturium. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "Mark Rothko: Classic Paintings". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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