1960, Mark Rothko, No. 14, 1960 -- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
From the museum label: Emitting a brilliance as if illuminated from within, Rothko's paintings often arouse a deeply emotional response from viewers. His aim was to create intimate and enveloping environments in which the color, texture, and scale of his compositions would draw the viewer closer. Here the large red-orange passage with its velvety, luminous surface helps achieve this effect by seeming to project forward into the viewer's space, while the dense, dark indigo band below pulls back into itself. A warm eggplant color at the painting's perimeter gently frames our gaze and encourages us to attend to the act of looking.
1960, Mark Rothko, No. 14, 1960 -- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
From the museum label: Emitting a brilliance as if illuminated from within, Rothko's paintings often arouse a deeply emotional response from viewers. His aim was to create intimate and enveloping environments in which the color, texture, and scale of his compositions would draw the viewer closer. Here the large red-orange passage with its velvety, luminous surface helps achieve this effect by seeming to project forward into the viewer's space, while the dense, dark indigo band below pulls back into itself. A warm eggplant color at the painting's perimeter gently frames our gaze and encourages us to attend to the act of looking.