Isn't that stripe upside down?

It seems there is a disagreement going on in the old art world about a couple of paintings by American artist Mark Rothko which were donated to the Tate Modern just before he committed suicide in 1970.

The paintings from the Black on Maroon series seem to consist of thick red stripes on a dark maroon background and the dispute centres on whether the stripes should be vertical or horizontal and, once that is decided, which way up they should it be.

Some authorities say that the signature dictates which way the paintings should be hung on the basis old Mark probably signing the works the right way round, which seems logical. Others though say he changed his mind after signing them and there are fears that the paintings could . . . horror of horrors . . . be hung upside down.

Now, I know I am a bit of a Philistine, well a lot of one really, but if no one can really decide which way up the paintings should be does it really matter how you hang them? Will anyone really notice? Mona Lisa balanced on her head, Degas' dancers pole dancing on the ceiling or Van Gogh's sunflowers about to spill water all over the Cyril Lord (a reference for older readers) and we might spot that someone has dropped a bit of a clanger - but stripes that no one is sure which way up they go? Put them on a swivel like a Catherine wheel and turn them 90 degrees every couple of hours and that will keep everyone happy.