Mark Rothko : toward the light in the chapel /
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2015
New Haven : [2015] New Haven ; London : [2015] |
| Series: | Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | First published in French as Mark Rothko by Actes Sud (Arles, France, 2013) Originally published in French as Mark Rothko by Actes Sud (Arles, France, 2013) This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | x, 282 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 (for Jewish Lives series) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-260) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index |
| ISBN: | 030018204X (hardback) 030018204X 0300219687 9780300182040 (hardback) 9780300182040 9780300219685 (pbk.) 9780300219685 |