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As the Washington Post says, "Dore Ashton brings the reader to the very core of Mark Rothko's art." She draws on her countless interviews with the artist--giving little credence to the false mythology... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0306807041
ISBN13:9780306807046
Release Date:March 1996
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 0.5" x 6.3"
Customer Reviews
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definitive
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The definitive book on Mark Rothko's work, by one of his closest friends. Ashton gets as close as she can to a very elusive, contradictory person. The book requires the same kind of sublime imagination that Rothko's paintings - his "children," as he often called them - require. Those without soul should pass this book by.
Ashton's cryptic writing mirrors Rothko's mystery
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
I read the book in the eighties, when it was published-- I was attracted to the great photo of Rothko on the cover-- the book is a loving Rothko-like homage--cryptic, deep, serious-- the lack of irony is sometimes hard to take-- but adds a sense of the compelling-- I found myself reflecting upon it-- as one might reflect upon one of the paintings-- Ashton obviously loved her subject-- oh, she describes her meetings with Rothko-- in his later, financially secure period eating in an upper east side chinese restaurant-- a delight.
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