- Titles Darkness Spread - 2 (Proper)
- Artist Jules Olitski, American, born Russia, 1922 - 2007
- Medium acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions 63 × 41 in. (160 × 104.1 cm) frame: 62 1/4 × 42 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (158.1 × 108 × 3.2 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Sylvia and Joseph Slifka, 2004.12
- Work Type painting
- Classification Paintings
- Signature Verso, upper half, in green crayon/paint(?): Jules Olitski
- Inscription Verso, upper half, in green paint/crayon(?): 'Darkness Spread - 2" [underlined] / 63" high and 41" wide / water base acrylic / 73/036 / Jules Olitski [signature] / 1973 Verso, upper right corner, in green crayon/paint(?): top [arrow pointing toward upper frame rail]
- Provenance Collection of Sylvia Slifka, New York; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 2004