EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
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New York Times Review of the exhibition
PUBLISHED
26 February 1970
Mark Rothko, Artist, A Suicide Here at 66; Mark Rothko, Abstract Expressionist, Is Suicide in His Studio
By Grace GLUECK
Mark Rothko, a pioneer of abstract expressionist painting who was widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of his generation, was found dead yesterday, his wrists slashed, in his studio at 157 East 69th Street. He was 66 years old. The Chief Medical Examiner's office listed the death as a suicide.
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