Portrait of Mark Rothko
Artist
Richard Pousette-Dart
(American, 1916–1992)
Dateabout 1948
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineHeald Foundation Fund
Terms
Object number1996.55
Label TextPousette-Dart used photography as a creative tool for his painting. “The camera is blind,” he wrote in his journal. “It is you who must see your own picture and persevere until you capture [your subjects], within their light.”
Here Pousette-Dart combined the likeness of his friend Mark Rothko (1903-1970), with a drawing by Rothko in the fog of a cold window. Rothko progressed from this calligraphic style to abstract imagery concentrating on formal elements such as color, shape, balance, depth, composition, and scale.
ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Co. Inc., New York, NYOn View
Not on view
