- Orange and Yellow was considered quite large in the 1950s, and Rothko asked viewers to stand close in order to be visually surrounded by the colors.
- The Wall Street Journal stated that "The painting's trio of orange and yellow rectangles bobbing atop a cherry-red background forms a palette that's as...
- We can certainly see this in “Orange and Yellow.” Still, in spite of the threat of death, all art dissolves in the immensity of a truly benevolent spirit.
- Subject Matter: Visual Description. Orange and Yellow by Mark Rothko is composed of two rectangles on top of one another, one is yellow, and below it is orange.
- “Orange and Yellow” embodies this viewpoint because it possesses a rare and specific quality that Rothko frequently attempted, but rarely achieved: luminescence.
- The painting's layered hues of orange, red, and yellow against a cooler red background evoke a warm, enveloping atmosphere.
- Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow. © Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery...
- Mark Rothko's favorite "word" or storyline was the color red. You can see in Orange, Red, Yellow how its intensity, its primal qualities appealed to Rothko.
