Bidspirit auction | MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)

MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970) - Serigraph on paper, titled ”Number 15”, marked with the artist's birth name (Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz), edition 96/200, original work datable to 1949, marked with the white seal of the SPADEM Copyright Management Society (near the lower left corner). Dimensions: image 57x35 cm. Dimensions: paper 65x50 cm. Note: serigraph in good condition, never framed. The original work that inspired this serigraph is reproduced on page 43 of the catalog, ”Rothko” by Jacob Baal-Teshuva, joint Taschen-Público edition, 2004 (bibliography included). Mark Rothko, whose birth name was Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, was a Latvian-born American painter. His painting is classified as abstract expressionist, although he always rejected that label. Like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Rothko is one of the most famous American painters of the post-war period.