Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Contemporary Art Evening Auction

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MARK ROTHKO | UNTITLED (BLACK ON MAROON)

Auction Closed

October 29, 12:08 AM GMT

Estimate

25,000,000 - 35,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

MARK ROTHKO

1903 - 1970

UNTITLED (BLACK ON MAROON)


signed, dated 1958, and inscribed 5071.58 on the reverse

oil on canvas

72 by 45 in. 182.9 by 114.3 cm.

Estate of the artist

Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired from the above in 1970)

Estate of the artist (acquired from the above in 1977)

Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1980)

Private Collection, New York

Private Collection, New York (by descent from the above)

Christie's, New York, 15 May 2013, Lot 55 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)

Acquired by the present owner from the above 

David Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London 1998, p. 480, no. 618, illustrated in color