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UNIQUE ID: 
SFC.S02.B058.F002
Title: 
Rothko, Mark, Correspondence
Creation Date: 
1946-1949
Work Creator Name: 
Rothko, Mark
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Material Medium Name: 
ink
Work Material Support Name: 
paper
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
East Hampton, New York
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Description: 
This file contains correspondence primarily from Mark Rothko to Clyfford Still from 1946-1949. It includes Rothko discussing Betty Parsons and her gallery, Rothko and Still's studios, Rothko's exhibitions and ephemera related to his exhibitions, discussions on other artists such as Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, Rothko's artworks, and the development of Rothko's and Still's solo shows and their raising popularity. Still's letters to Rothko also discuss Still's frustrations with critics and gallery shows. Both discuss in detail their relationships to Betty Parsons and her gallery. Still and Rothko's strained relationship is also discussed in their letters.
Image Creator Name: 
Hadley Kluber
Image Type Format: 
PDF/A
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
Clyfford Still Archives - Subject Files
Image Rights Statement: 
IN COPYRIGHT
Image Capture Hardware: 
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Image Capture Operating System: 
Mac OS X 10.10.5
Image Cataloger Name: 
Hadley Kluber
Image Cataloger Role: 
Contract Digitization Specialist