Mark Rothko, Signed (5 results)

FIRST. nFINE. Paperback in wraps. SIGNED by the POET. Scarce copy signed. [B98]. Signed by Author.

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by abstract expressionist, Theodoros Stamos, dated December 5, 1970, filling the entire half-title page with a decorative border drawn by Stamos, and reading: ÒFor Alice, with all my thanks and best wishes, Stamos, Dec. 5/70.Ó Stamos was one of the original group of abstract expressionist painters called the Irascibles, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning. Rothko chose Stamos to be one of his executors. Stamos entered into a conspiracy to defraud the Rothko estate. He was subsequently found guilty in court and his career as an artist was ruined. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Mark Rothko from the Venice Biennale in collaboration with Marlborough Galleries of New York. Paperbound. With 27 tipped-in color plates. Very good copy with some edge wear and use and a dampstain to the top edge and outer corner, affecting a few of the beginning pages, but none of the interior plates. With the original acetate jacket that has some tears and shallow chips.

. In-8 reliure éditeur illustrée. Biographie du peintre Mark Rothko. Photos, reproductions de peintures, etc. Bibliographie, etc. E.O. Bel envoi autographe d'Annie Cohen-Solal.

] Ce cahier in-8 agrafé de 16 pages, complète pour sa diffusion en France, l'ouvrage de Mark Rothko, édité à New York avec un texte de Diane Waldman. E.O. Hors commerce. Très bel envoi autographe de Bernard Ceysson à Marcelin Pleynet sur le premier plat.

Second printing. Signed by the author James E.B. Breslin on the half-title. Illustrated. 700 pages. Near fine copy with a faint hint of shelf wear in a near fine bright dust jacket with minor handling. This is the first full-length biography of Mark Rothko, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, and richly explores his life, creative evolution, and relationships with his close friends and fellow artists Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still.