Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea

Mark Rothko · 1944

This is Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea — a painting by the American artist Mark Rothko, nineteen forty-four. Rothko was part of the abstract expressionism movement. The piece is oil on canvas, about 1.9 by 2.2 meters.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 6' 3 3/8" x 7' 3/4" (191.4 x 215.2 cm) · Credit Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.

Hanging beside it in Gallery 522: Boxwood Midnight, Meditation on an Oak Leaf

More by Mark Rothko here: No. 1 (Untitled), No. 5/No. 22, No. 37/No. 19 (Slate Blue and Brown on Plum), Untitled, No. 10, No. 5/No. 24