No. 3

Mark Rothko

1953 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

After a long trek through Expressionism and Surrealism, Rothko’s definitive style coalesced in 1950. Using canvases roughly the height and width of a human standing with outstretched arms, he created what he sometimes called "doors" and "windows" in luminous color. "My pictures are indeed facades" he once said. Muriel Steinberg acquired this painting soon after it was made.

Artist

Mark Rothko

Date

1953

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of her great-grandchildren, Claire Coven and Hope Coven, 2006