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Painter's frames for rococo triptych a stunning hit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rothko

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'painter's' is the definition.
(Mark Rothko, 1903-1970)

'frames for rococo triptych a stunning hit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'stunning hit' could be 'ko' (knock out blow in boxing) and 'ko' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'roth' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rothko that I've seen before include "Mark --, US abstract painter" , "Mark --, US artist" , "Sudden violent release" , "US abstract expressionist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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