Black and White Paintings

Toward the end of his life, Francisco Goya (1746-1828) painted a series of works that became known as the "black paintings":

A century-and-a-half later, the abstract expressionist Ad Reinhardt did some "black paintings" that were even blacker than Goya's, although they weren't quite as black as they seemed at first glance.

On the other hand, several artists have become well-known for doing white paintings.  One of the first was Kasimir Malevich.  Here's his "Suprematist Composition" from 1917:

Another was Robert Rauschenberg, whose white paintings from 1951 influenced the composer John Cage, who wrote "4'33''" the following year.  Rauschenberg was also notorious for his "Erased De Kooning":

Robert Ryman, who's also painted a lot of white paintings, had an exhibit at the Phillips Collection last year:

The Phillips Collection also recently had an exhibit of "predominantly white paintings" by Richard Pousette-Dart.

I'd like to see a museum exhibit comprised of black and white paintings by various artists... maybe they could hang them in alternation, black then white, along the walls.