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| title=No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)
| artist=[[Mark Rothko]]
| year=1949
| medium=Acrylic on canvas
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'''''No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)''''' is a 1949 oil on canvas painting of American artist [[Mark Rothko]] created in 1949. The painting is composed of symmetrical rectangular blocks of magenta, black and green colors on orange background.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2013-05-07|title=No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange) by Mark Rothko Facts|url=https://totallyhistory.com/magenta-black-green-on-orange/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Totally History|language=en-US}}</ref> ''No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)'' was also influenced by the loss of Rothko's mother, who died in October 1948.<ref name=":1" /> It is held at the [[Museum of Modern Art]], in [[New York City|New York]].
==Background==
Rothko belonged to the [[New York School (art)|New York School]], was also known as [[Abstract expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]], shaped by the [[Great Depression]] and [[World War II]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2011-10-04 |title=Mark Rothko's Magenta, Black, Green on Orange (No. 3/No. 13) @ the Princeton University Art Museum - Alain.R.Truong |url=http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2011/10/04/22230029.html |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=www.alaintruong.com |language=fr}}</ref> ''No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)'' is one of the early Mark Rothko's works produced within the [[Color field|color field movement]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange) by Mark Rothko |url=http://www.markrothko.org/magenta-black-green-on-orange/ |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=www.markrothko.org}}</ref> It is an early example of a compositional structure that Rothko explored for more than twenty years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mark Rothko. No. 3/No. 13. 1949 {{!}} MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79687 |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=The Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}</ref> Most of Rothko's color field paintings were created during periods of extreme happiness or sadness that fueled his innovative work and impacted the color schemes, becoming darker and darker over several decades.<ref name=":2" />
==Exhibitions==
Rothko exhibited ''No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)'' and his other color field paintings at [[Betty Parsons|Betty Parsons Gallery]], New York.<ref name=":2" />
==References==
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