Explore the Description of this artwork, White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose).
White Center is part of Rothko's distinctive multiform style: several blocks of layered, complementary colors on a large canvas.The painting is structured vertically, starting with a yellow horizontal rectangle at the top, a black horizontal strip, a narrow white rectangular band and the bottom half is lavender. The top half of the rose ground is deeper in colour and the bottom half is pale. It measures 205.8 × 141 cm.