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The Vocabulary of Abstraction


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Discover new ways to experience abstract art through the visual languages developed by artists including Norman Lewis, Mark Rothko, Janet Sobel, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, and Arthur Dove.


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An abstract color field painting featuring a soft-edged, dark maroon rectangle hovering over a larger, vibrant crimson red field, centered against a solid black background.


Mark Rothko (1903–1970)  
Untitled (Maroon Over Red), 1968  
Acrylic on paper mounted on linen, 39 1/8 x 26 in.  
Bequest of Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen, 1986.31.5

 

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