Rothko, Mark. No. 2 (Red Maroons), 1962. oil on canvas, Framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); Unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.). Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.239. Copyrighted undefined.

No. 2 (Red Maroons)

1962

Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970)

Contemporary Art

No. 2 (Red Maroons), 1962. Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970). Oil on canvas; framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.239 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Rothko once stated, “A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.”

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Maker/Artist: Rothko, Mark
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: oil on canvas
Medium: oil, canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 202 x 207 x 3.5 cm (79 1/2 x 81 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.); Unframed: 200.7 x 205.7 cm (79 x 81 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Signed on back of canvas: "Mark Rothko 1962 #2"
Departments: Contemporary Art
Accession Number: 1962.239
Credit Line: Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibitions: Year in Review - 1962, Fifty Years of Modern Art, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined
Museum Location: 227 Abstract Expressionism