Mary Heilmann, “Negative Space One” (2014), acrylic on handmade paper, 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in; “Negative Space Two” (2014), acrylic on handmade paper,12 x 15 in (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic ...

His works are mesmerizing and recognized worldwide – swaths of color, and floating, fuzzy-edged rectangles … all part of the signature vision of the formidable 20th century artist Mark Rothko.

The brevity of an abstract belies its importance to a manuscript. It’s what catches a reader’s attention and helps them to decide whether a paper is relevant. Yet failing to reflect the content of the ...