Imagine The Pritzkers Chopping Their Rothko

Near the end of her video tour of the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield, Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker describes the geographically snychronized landscape wallpaper she and her husband commissioned for the dining room. And on the west wall is the Mississippi River. Édouard Manet, The Execution of Maximilian, mostly, at the National Gallery in London When tumblr user @bellafarallones toured the mansion, the guide said the painting above was by Mark Rothko, from the Pritzkers’ own collection, but had no further information. So they did what any sensible tumblrina would, and ask the local expert at @dailyrothko for an ID. @dailyrothko, ofc, points out that this artwork is in none of Rothko’s catalogues raisonnés, and the dimensions and composition DO seem atypical. mockup of Joshua Reynolds (attr.), Textiles in Space, c. 18th century removed from a Van Dyck in 2016 But what if the Pritzkers just cut their Rothko down to fit the space over the antique sideboard? Collectors cut down…