No. 9 — Fine Art

No. 9 - 1947 by Mark Rothko belongs to the post war American abstraction period, when painters worked with large colour fields and blurred edges. The sheet holds stacked colour bands that shift across the surface.

This fine art print arrives ready to hang, with a metal hanger fitted to the back that goes straight onto a nail or screw. No separate frame to buy. You look at the colour bands without a frame getting in the way.

On a bedroom wall the soft bands sit above the bed and the blurred edges blend with the light from the lamp. You notice the slow change from one band to the next before you step into the room.