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Property from a Prestigious European Collection

Mark Rothko

Untitled

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May 14, 01:12 AM GMT

Estimate

3,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD

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Property from a Prestigious European Collection

Mark Rothko

(1903 - 1970)


Untitled

signed Mark Rothko and dated 1968 (on the reverse)

oil on paper laid down on canvas

24 by 17 ¾ in.   60.1 by 45.1 cm.

Executed in 1968.


The following work is being considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Mark Rothko Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper, compiled by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Carla Panicali, Rome (acquired as a gift from the artist) 

Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne 

Acquired from the above in 2002 by the present owner

Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Pittura Contemporanea in Galleria: Mark Rothko, Adrian Schiess, Phil Sims, Gunter Umberg, Ulrich Wellmann, 1996, p. 29, illustrated in color (titled Untitled (Flesh, Black, White) and dated 1967)