Mark Rothko : toward the light in the chapel /

Mark Rothko : toward the light in the chapel /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cohen-Solal, Annie, 1948-
Uniform title:	Mark Rothko. English
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Jewish lives
Subject:	Rothko, Mark, -- 1903-1970. Rothko, Mark, -- 1903-1970. Painters -- United States -- Biography. Painters. United States. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11675803

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ISBN:	9780300185539 0300185537 9780300182040 030018204X
Notes:	Originally published in French as Mark Rothko by Actes Sud (Arles, France, 2013). Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Mark Rothko was not only one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century; he was a scholar, an educator, and a deeply spiritual human being. Born Marcus Yakovlevich Rotkovitch, he emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States at age ten, already well educated in the Talmud and carrying with him bitter memories of the pogroms and persecutions visited upon the Jews of Latvia. Few artists have achieved success as quickly, and by the mid-twentieth century, Rothko's artwork was being displayed in major museums throughout the world. In May 2012 his painting Orange, Red, Yellow was auctioned for nearly $87 million, setting a new Christie's record. Author Annie Cohen-Solal gained access to archival materials no previous biographer had seen. As a result, her book is an extraordinarily detailed portrait of Rothko the man and the artist, an uncommonly successful painter who was never comfortable with the idea of his art as a commodity"--
Other form:	Print version: Cohen-Solal, Annie, 1948- Mark Rothko. English. Mark Rothko 9780300182040

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Summary:	A fascinating exploration of the life and work of one of America's most famous and enigmatic postwar visual artists
Item Description:	Originally published in French as Mark Rothko by Actes Sud (Arles, France, 2013).
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780300185539 0300185537 9780300182040 030018204X