Brown, Orange, Blue On Maroon (1963) — Poster

A burnt-orange bar glows above a deep maroon ground. Rothko’s *Brown, Orange, Blue On Maroon* is the painting in question. The orange is not uniform; it thins at the edges, bleeding into the maroon like watercolor. Below it, a smaller rectangle of brown hovers, its edges softened by the same maroon wash. A faint blue stripe runs along the top, barely there, a whisper of cool against the warmth. Hang it where the afternoon light lingers—above a low credenza or between two windows—so the colors shift as the sun moves.