Sunday, February 17, 2019

intense emotional reaction


Saara Pritchard, Sotheby’s senior vice president, said in a statement that  “This exquisite work embodies the height of Rothko’s artistic practice, and provokes an intense emotional reaction in the viewer which was [the artist’s] preoccupation at this time.”

- Aiming to Diversify Collection, SFMOMA to Sell Mark Rothko Painting at Sotheby’s New York in May




intense emotional reaction my ass

"...painting by Mark Rothko. Untitled (1960), which is estimated to sell for between $35 million and $50 million, is being deaccessioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art..." - Ibid.

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