Black on Maroon

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Black on Maroon is a 1958 abstract color field painting by Mark Rothko, known for its large, brooding planes of dark color that exemplify his mature style and emotional intensity.

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Black on Maroon canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract painting
color field painting
painting
artForm painting
artisticPeriod Rothko’s late 1950s period
artworkSurface canvas
associatedWith Mark Rothko’s Seagram commission controversy
collection Tate Modern
commissionedFor Seagram Building
surface form: Four Seasons Restaurant, Seagram Building, New York
composition stacked rectangular color fields
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Mark Rothko
culturalContext postwar American art
depicts color fields
describedBySource art historical literature on Mark Rothko
exhibitedAt Tate Modern
surface form: Tate Modern, London
genre abstract art
hasColor black
dark red
maroon
hasPart central dark maroon field
surrounding black border-like field
inception 1958
influencedBy European modernism
Surrealism
mythological and tragic themes
intendedViewingDistance close, enveloping proximity
location London, England
surface form: London
materialUsed oil paint
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting
notableCharacteristic brooding atmosphere
emotional intensity
large planes of dark color
soft-edged rectangular forms
ownedBy Tate
partOfSeries Seagram Murals
significantFor exemplifying Rothko’s mature color field style
immersive viewer experience
use of dark, somber palette
style Rothko’s mature style
surfaceQuality matte finish
subtle texture
technique layered thin washes of paint
subtle color modulation
theme existential reflection
meditative contemplation
tragedy

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Subject: Black on Maroon
Description of subject: Black on Maroon is a 1958 abstract color field painting by Mark Rothko, known for its large, brooding planes of dark color that exemplify his mature style and emotional intensity.

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Mark Rothko notableWork Black on Maroon
Markus notableWork Black on Maroon
subject surface form: Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz