Painting by Ruth Pastine, Tribute, Equivalence, "Red Green Series," oil on canvas, 48" x 48" x 2", 2004). The image illustrates a key early body of work by Ruth Pastine in the 1990s and early 200s when she produced abstract minimalist paintings exploring the phenomenological experience of color, light and space. These paintings typically consisted of seamlessly gradating bands or fields of color built that appeared to pulse, float, dissolve, or glow as if backlit. The minimalist, nearly monochromatic body of work, including the "Red Green" and "Yellow Magenta," features Ruth Pastine’s employed the Suprematist square and rigorous formal systems in order to explore color and light within saturated and subtle hues. This body of work and individual piece were publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions and discussed by critics in major art journals and daily press publications.

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key early body of work by Ruth Pastine in the 1990s and early 2000s: her early abstract minimalist paintings exploring the phenomenological experience of color, light and space, which critics related to the Southern California Light and Space movement and Abstract Expressionist and color field painters such as Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko. These paintings typically consisted of seamlessly gradating bands or fields of color built out of thousands of small brushstrokes that can appear to pulse, float, dissolve, or glow as if backlit. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this key, foundational body of work, which brought Pastine initial recognition through exhibitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Pastine's work of this type and this series is discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Ruth Pastine, and the work no longer is viewable, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.