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What is Mark Rothko best known for?

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What is Mark Rothko best known for?
Mark Rothko is an American artist best known for his work in the abstract expressionist movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Rothko’s most well-known works include his composition of square shapes with glowing colors. Browse a selection of authentic Mark Rothko art on 1stDibs.
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Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mark Tobey - 1960
By Mark Tobey
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a fine and beautiful watercolor and tempera on paper realized by Mark Tobey in 1960. Signed and dated Tobey lower right. Certificate of authenticity by Mark ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

Liberation, Abstract Expressionist Color Etching by Mark Tobey
By Mark Tobey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Liberation, Year: 1973, Medium: Color Etching on Richard de Bas, Image Size: 10.75 x 9.25 inches, Size: 26.25 x 20 in. (66.68 x 50.8 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Summer Joy, Abstract Expressionist Color Aquatint by Mark Tobey
By Mark Tobey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Summer Joy, Year: 1971, Medium: Color Aquatint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 10/96, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches, Frame Si...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Subtle Souvenir, Abstract Expressionist Etching by Mark Tobey
By Mark Tobey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mark Tobey, American (1890 - 1976) - Subtle Souvenir, Year: 1974, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 10.25 x 8 inches, Size: 26 x 20 in. (66....
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Ritual Mark Tobey abstract black tan and white lithograph
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
This delicate composition in black and tan features layers of sheer brushwork, inky daubs, and thin lines. Mark Tobey, one of the founders of the American Mystical school of painting...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sonata
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this color screenprint on Japon nacré. The deluxe, Roman numeral edition of 60 on Japon nacré, aside from the regular edition of 100. Signed a...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Color, Screen

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