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Mark Rothko

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Photo by Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894-1978).
Mark Rothko in Yorktown Heights, Canada. 1949

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Artist: Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz
Nationality: American

Dates:
Born:  September 25, 1903, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died:  February 25, 1970, New York City, U.S.
Movement: Abstract expressionism, Color Field 

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