Pic Today 2/18/20

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT

A ROTHKO

This oil on canvas 1962 work,

"Red, Orange, Orange on Red".

A floating field of tangerine orange

is bounded at the bottom by an area

of acidic orange, and at the top by 

a line of red.   

Mark Rothko stained the canvas 

with several layers of thin pigment,

creating an effect that evokes the

shimmering luminosity of

dawn or sunset.

(On view without distraction

at the St. Louis Art Museum.)