Rothko in reproductions
I read a story about Mark Rothko in this blog post recently
http://mdmommusings.com/2011/06/23/let-me-tell-you-a-tale-the-rothko-story/
I wonder what he would have thought about all those reproductions of his work. They’re everywhere. Often they are poor and they tend to get framed (and badly at that) and mounted with black borders, like these that were on the wall in a hotel I stayed at recently.
I love Rothko’s paintings. I hate the reproductions.
He’s most definitely turning in his grave!
Rachael Pinks
June 28, 2011 at 9:31 am
It is absolutely hard to find a decent Rothko reproduction. Most cannot begin to capture the incredible effect of his technique; most look flat and dull. Luckily my friends in Switzerland have found a card company that does a very good job (certainly no horrid black borders) – because who can afford to buy a real Rothko!
mdmommusings
June 30, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Hi Kate, I just read your comment about your Swiss friends and I was wondering which reproduction service they were using? Thanks for your advice and best regards from Zurich, Adrian
Adrian Locher
May 28, 2012 at 12:02 pm
You have a point, here I am going on about bad reproductions and when I ask myself where did I first see Rothko’s? the answer is ‘in reproductions’.Gallery catalogues and monographs usually have good ones. I have seen many for real now, but it I can open a book of reproductions whenever I like. The ones on your own post at http://mdmommusings.com/2011/06/23/let-me-tell-you-a-tale-the-rothko-story/ are good too.
Andy Parkinson
July 1, 2011 at 7:07 pm