A painting from Mark Rothko’s historic Multiforms series achieved HK $66.7 million / US $8.5 million in today’s white-glove Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong. The sale set a new record for a work from this celebrated series of early Rothko canvases.
Created in 1949, ‘No. 10’ signals the beginning of Rothko’s innovative use of color and form that defined his career. The Multiforms series foreshadowed the grand canvases that we know today as his classic masterpieces.
