Four Darks in Red

Four Darks in Red is a 1958 painting by American painter Mark Rothko.

It is currently in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

[1] The painting is composed of four dark, rectangular forms set against a red field.

This work, like Rothko's other paintings in the late 1950s, features a dark palette.

[1] Four Darks in Red precedes Rothko's Seagram murals, which share this work's red, maroon, and black hues.