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Ivana Kozlai Lauridsen illustrated

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Mark Rothko, Untitled (Black and Gray), 1969

Acrylic on canvas, 68 X 60 1/8 inches

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I don’t immediately recognize if this is a much brighter and bluer version of one of our many dark 1969 Rothkos (collected here: 1 2 3 4) but even if we have seen this before, it’s certainly a revealing surprise. As frequent readers of this blog may have noted, generally Rothko’s “Black and Grays” are scanned as just that. The variations are there but we only see a hint of grey-green or a coat of brown, nothing so oceanic and free as this. The top part here is typically black as night but the lower portion shows us how layered Rothko’s work really is. These blues and white-yellows churn under greys and give movement to what seems flat and stagnant in a poor scan. Even if this is a little lighter than the naked eye might see, it’s great to see the underpinning. Seen in person it would not be surprising to see underpainting of mauve or dark purple tones on the upper half.

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No. 14, 1960

Mark Rothko @ SFMoMA

June 20, 2019 — San Francisco, CA

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All the angles, Elyse Dodge

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Anatomically correct, Hiroyuki-Mitsume Takahashi (because)

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Welcome to the Dollhouse, Ted Lott (because)

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The Fire Never Goes Out, Noelle Stevenson

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The Great Sphinx of Giza

Sunrise over the Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre behind.

Photo: Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost

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The Black Forest, Jakub Wencek

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As I only made a couple of sunrises last season it’s difficult to know how lucky I got on this morning; I’m assuming extremely. To get such a clear and sunny morning with such a dark, brooding sky is super dramatic and not something I’ve seen from too many others work. Probably could crop this to get rule of thirds nice and tidy but I’m trying to curb cropping in post-processing.