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Originally Posted by Washing Machine

Every other house in Britain seems to have a Rothko print on the wall. His work is just plain, dull and inoffensive enough to match that...

i don't know about any rothko prints but they seem to have been popular in england-- one is "featured" in russel hoban's "the medusa frequency" where it is said to be in the office of comic book publisher sol mezzerot. that's a late-80's novel though-- perhaps it was a passing fad?

HOWEVER-- judging rothko by house prints for the living room is completely wrong. i've been in the presence of some of his paintings and i don't think they'd fit into a regular-size house, they are HUGE, and the impact they have on you has a lot to do with that physical presence.

what you're saying is like only knowing lions from a postcard and saying "oh, lions don't scare me". sure they dont...