Mark Rothko

Untitled

Session begins in

November 17, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

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

Bid

2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collection

Mark Rothko

1903 - 1970

Untitled

acrylic on paper mounted on board

23 ⅞ by 18 ⅝ in.

60.6 by 47.3 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.

Estate of the artist (#1293.68)

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

James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired circa 1979)

Private Collection, Toronto

Global Fine Arts, Ltd., New York

Private Collection, Italy

C&M Arts, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 2000)

Christie’s New York, 13 May 2015, lot 76B (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

London, Pace Gallery, Mark Rothko, 1968: Clearing Away, October - November 2021, p. 80, illustrated in color and p. 95 (text)

Exh. Cat., New York, Marlborough Gallery (and traveling), A Selection of European and American Watercolors and Drawings, 1972, no. 178, p. 45, illustrated in color