Untitled

Name: Untitled
Brand: Mark Rothko
Price: 269.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

1954 · Oil on unprimed canvas · Mark Rothko

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Untitled by Mark Rothko, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Natural, living — Shown at 71.1 × 106.7 cm (28 × 42 in) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Living room

Untitled by Mark Rothko, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Ramino Satin Black, hallway — Shown at 71.1 × 106.7 cm (28 × 42 in) · Framed paper, Ramino Satin Black · Hallway

Untitled by Mark Rothko, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, hotel guest room — Shown at 71.1 × 106.7 cm (28 × 42 in) · Framed paper, Arber Light Walnut · Hotel guest room

Story

Soft rectangles of orange, red, and mauve stack one above another across a glowing warm field, their edges blurred so that the colors seem to breathe into one another. The painting, titled Untitled, was made in 1954 using oil on unprimed canvas, and it is held at the Yale University Art Gallery. It came into the collection through the Katharine Ordway Collection. Mark Rothko (1903–1970) was an American painter associated with abstract expressionism, and his work includes the painting No. 1. Looking closely, one notices how the unprimed canvas lets the pigment sink in unevenly, giving the layered forms a hazy, almost weightless quality that softens every boundary between the stacked shapes and the surrounding warmth.