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Collection of Jean & Terry de Gunzburg

Mark Rothko

Untitled

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May 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000,000 - 15,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean & Terry de Gunzburg

Mark Rothko

(1903 - 1970)


Untitled

signed (on the reverse)

acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas

78 ½ by 58 ½ in.

198.8 by 148.6 cm.

Executed in 1969.


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.

The Pace Gallery, New York

Shaindy Fenton, Fort Worth

Private Collection

Sotheby's New York, 18 November 1992, lot 40 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Monaco (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above in April 2000 by the present owner

New York, The Pace Gallery, Mark Rothko: Paintings 1948-1969, April 1983, p. 33, illustrated in color

Basel, Fondation Beyeler, American Abstract Expressionists, October - December 1988, n.p., illustrated in color

Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Eduardo Chillida, Alabastros / Mark Rothko, Pinturas, February - March 1998, p. 31, illustrated in color

Houston, The Menil Collection, Mark Rothko: The Chapel Commission, December 1996 - March 1997, no. 38, pp. 13, 32 (text)

Jacoba Urist, "Purple Reign," Financial Times, 21 February 2026, p. 8, illustrated in color (installed in de Gunzburg residence, 2026)