RE: Rothko and permanence (was:!Re: Presentation Question

Wow. I didn't know that. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy King [mailto:sanking@clemson.edu]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:50 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Rothko and permanence (was:!Re: Presentation Question

Yes, some of his work has faded significantly, especially his mural
pieces that were on public display for long periods in high ambient
light.

See http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rothko.html

Sandy

>Katherine says "But while we're talking about Rothko, I think it merits a
>moment to
>think about the fact that much of Rothko's work, created no more than
>30-60 years ago, has lost its magic and cannot be shown."
>
>Can you elaborate on that? I wasn't aware of a permanance issue with
>Rothko's work.
Received on Sun Sep 12 21:56:53 2004