Main entry:

Seldes, Lee.

Title & Author:

The legacy of Mark Rothko / by Lee Seldes.

Publication:

Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1979.

Description:

ix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index.
Foreword -- 1. Three Days That Rocked the Art World -- 2. The Struggle -- 3. The Triumph -- 4. Recognitions -- 5. Dollar Signs and Question Marks -- 6. The Price -- 7. The Last Year -- 8. The Last Months -- the Final Pressures -- 9. February 25, 1970 -- 10. Odds Out ... "And to the family of the deceased ..." -- 11. Dealer's Choice -- 12. Much Fanfare and Some Suspicions -- 13. An Unveiling: The Dummy Uncovered -- 14. Maneuvers -- 15. Misalliances -- 16. The Free-for-all and the Referee -- 17. The Trial: Phase One -- Self-dealing? -- 18. The Trial: Phase Two -- the Master Dealer -- 19. The Defense -- 140 Different Trials -- 20. Press Clips from the Gallery: Aftermyths of the Trial and the Long Wait -- 21. The Decision -- 22. The Toronto Caper -- 23. Kate Rothko and the Notion of the "Double Whammy" -- 24. At the Coroner's Office -- 25. Questions of Perspective -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0140052054 (pbk.)
9780140052053 (pbk.)

Subject:

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970.
Painters United States Biography.
Peintres États-Unis Biographies.
Painters.
United States.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
collective biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242643
Call No.: ND37.R846 S44 1979
Status: Available