Mark Rothko

1903–1970

Untitled c.1944
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2026
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Artworks

Two soft-edged dark rectangles, one blue-black and one murky brown, hover beneath a lighter red band on a glowing red ground

Light Red Over Black

Two tall soft-edged maroon-grey rectangles glow through a surrounding field of feathery black paint, laid in thin veils over a dark red ground

Black on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

A hazy black rectangular frame, like a window, brushed onto a deep maroon ground that shows through its soft open centre

Black on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Black on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

A soft-edged crimson rectangular frame, like a doorway with a missing top corner, floats on a smoky maroon ground painted in thin feathery layers

Red on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Black on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Red on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Red on Maroon

On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Stories

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The Art of Slow Looking

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Mark Rothko's Late Works

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Rothko on Stage

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Restoring Rothko

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American Art under Norman Reid, 1964–79

Pam Meecham and Julie Sheldon

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‘This man Turner, he learnt a lot from me’

Christopher Rothko, Kate Rothko Prizel and Simon Grant

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