Rothko

An abstract expressionist, Rothko worked in fields of color, something of a hallmark of late-twentieth-century modernism.

Even if the transparencies had been in perfect condition, the colors they showed wouldn’t have been the ones Rothko had painted.

The paintings went on display, and were quite popular, but maybe not for the reasons Rothko would have hoped.

One artist reportedly expressed disappointment at the whole project—light reflecting from a canvas was intrinsically different from the light that supposedly emanates from a Rothko.

In other words, the paintings didn’t look like them- selves anymore, and the compensation image didn’t look like the paintings, but when they shined the latter on the former, they had a 1964 Rothko.

“The Rothko is a piece we almost always have on view at SFMOMA,” Bishop said.

Rothko, Basquiat, and Warhol paintings fetch big bucks at auction.

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