Untitled (Purple, White, and Red)
Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz) American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970 · 1953

Untitled (Purple, White, and Red)

Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz) American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970

Untitled (Purple, White, and Red)

1953

Mark Rothko's 'Untitled (Purple, White, and Red)' (1953) is a classic colour-field composition from Rothko's breakthrough years: three soft-edged horizontal rectangles of violet, white, and crimson float on a hot orange ground, vibrating against each other in a meditation on scale, colour, and the viewer's eye. The oil on canvas is a centrepiece of the Art Institute of Chicago's postwar American holdings.

Exhibition Venue

Image source: Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Purple, White, and Red) — Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz) American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970 | Museum Map