White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
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White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is a 1950 abstract color field painting by Mark Rothko, characterized by stacked luminous rectangles of color that exemplify his mature style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967361 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) Context triple: [Mark Rothko, notableWork, White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)]
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Case White
Case White was the German codename for the 1939 invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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B.
Blanc
Blanc is the surname of Mel Blanc, the legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
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C.
The Blue and White
The Blue and White is a popular nickname for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the historic NHL franchise known for its blue-and-white team colors.
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D.
Roses
"Roses" is a soulful, introspective hip-hop track by Kanye West from his critically acclaimed album "Late Registration," reflecting on family, illness, and faith.
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E.
Tiffany Blue
Tiffany Blue is the distinctive light robin’s-egg blue color trademarked and famously used by the luxury jewelry brand Tiffany & Co.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) Target entity description: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is a 1950 abstract color field painting by Mark Rothko, characterized by stacked luminous rectangles of color that exemplify his mature style.
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A.
Case White
Case White was the German codename for the 1939 invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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B.
Blanc
Blanc is the surname of Mel Blanc, the legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
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C.
The Blue and White
The Blue and White is a popular nickname for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the historic NHL franchise known for its blue-and-white team colors.
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D.
Roses
"Roses" is a soulful, introspective hip-hop track by Kanye West from his critically acclaimed album "Late Registration," reflecting on family, illness, and faith.
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E.
Tiffany Blue
Tiffany Blue is the distinctive light robin’s-egg blue color trademarked and famously used by the luxury jewelry brand Tiffany & Co.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painting
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color field painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | key example of Rothko’s color field period ⓘ |
| artist | Mark Rothko ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | rose ⓘ |
| centralColorField | white band ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
lavender
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pink ⓘ rose ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| composition | vertical arrangement of color bands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| creator | Mark Rothko ⓘ |
| depicts | stacked rectangles of color ⓘ |
| genre |
Abstract expressionism
ⓘ
surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
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| hasSubtitle | Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | White Center ⓘ |
| inception | 1950 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | private collection ⓘ |
| lowerColorField | pink band ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Color Field painting ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
luminous color fields
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soft-edged rectangular forms ⓘ |
| record | one of the most expensive paintings by Mark Rothko sold at auction ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction |
Sotheby’s
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surface form:
Sotheby’s New York
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| soldInYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| style | Rothko’s mature style ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| upperColorField | yellow band ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) Description of subject: White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is a 1950 abstract color field painting by Mark Rothko, characterized by stacked luminous rectangles of color that exemplify his mature style.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz