Untitled (Black on Grey)

Untitled (Black on Grey) is an acrylic on canvas painting by Mark Rothko. It is a painting of a black rectangle and a grey rectangle. There is a buildup of thin, translucent layers of differently shaded blacks, which are luminous and warm. The overall effect is strangely ambiguous, neither space nor substance, and Rothko himself described them as touching upon the 'historical sublime'.

Untitled (Black on Grey)

Untitled (Black on Grey) is an acrylic on canvas painting by Mark Rothko. It is a painting of a black rectangle and a grey rectangle. There is a buildup of thin, translucent layers of differently shaded blacks, which are luminous and warm. The overall effect is strangely ambiguous, neither space nor substance, and Rothko himself described them as touching upon the 'historical sublime'.