No. 61 (Rust and Blue) is a 1953 painting by the Russian-AmericanAbstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. The work was first exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1961[1] but is now in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[2] Similar to Rothko's other works from this period, No. 61 consists of large expanses of color with dark shades. Rust and Blue was a part of the Color Field movement. Rust and Blue also uses layered coloring. Rothko described this as "inner light".[3] Rothko painted in such a way that at times paint can be seen flowing upward across the surface.[4]
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^Anfam, David (1998). Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas. Yale University Press, London. p. 492. ISBN9780300074895.
