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It was in 1938 that he became a naturalized American and two years later adopted the name Mark Rothko.
Fascinated by the tragic dimension of the human condition, his work reflects his quest for art as a language of the spirit and a vector of pure emotion.
His large formats embrace their spectators in a mysterious, intimate magic and make them vibrate at the heart of this absolute violence locked in these chromatic fields until they exhale a peace under tension in the face of infinity.
Mark Rothko,
Self Portrait, 1936
Oil on canvas 81,9 x 65,4 cm Collection de Christopher Rothko
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko - Adagp, Paris, 2023