Greek Tragedy
Greek Tragedy
Artist
Mark Rothko
(1903 - 1970)
Date1941-1942
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions34 1/4 x 46 in. (87 x 116.8 cm)
Framed: 36 in. × 48 in. × 1 1/2 in.
Framed: 36 in. × 48 in. × 1 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
On View
Not on viewThe artist’s imagery often expressed inner turmoil, an especially poignant theme in the climate of anxiety that permeated wartime American culture. The composition’s fields of flat, solid color are precursors of Rothko’s later Color Field paintings for which he became best known.
