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Chapter VI
In the above diptych we again demonstrate how, when the figures are taken out from a Byzantine icon (image on the left), that which remains, the monochromatic surface distinctly framed by a complimentary colour, as well as (in this case) freely rendered colour bands at the top and bottom of the composition, could easily be mistaken for one of Rothko’s classic works (such as the one on the right of this diptych).
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45. Left: Byzantine icon of the Annunciation from which the figures and architectural features have been taken out and replaced with the golden colour of the background of the same composition.
46. Right: Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 137.2 x 107.3 cm (54 x 42.1⁄4), Collection of Christopher Rothko.
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