Untitled (Rothko)

Untitled

Artist	Mark Rothko
Year	1952
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	261.6 cm × 158.7 cm (103.0 in × 62.5 in)
Location	private collection

Untitled is a painting by the Russian-American Abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. It was painted in 1952. In common with Rothko's other works from this period, Untitled consists of large expanses of colour delineated by uneven, hazy shades.

2014 sale

It was bought for $66 million by an anonymous buyer, at Christie's.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ "Mark Rothko (1903-1970) -Untitled". Retrieved 2016-02-24.
↑ Eugenios, Jillian. "Top 5 sellers at Christie's $745M art auction". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2016-02-24.

Sources

Baal-Teshuva, Jacob. Rothko. Berlin: Taschen, 2003. ISBN 3-8228-1820-8
Mark Rothko; David Anfam (1998). Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas : Catalogue Raisonné. Yale University Press. pp. 452–. ISBN 978-0-300-07489-5.

Mark Rothko

Paintings	White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) (1950) No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) (1951) Untitled (1952) No. 61 (Rust and Blue) (1953) No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) (1954) Black in Deep Red (1957) Black on Maroon (1958) Four Darks in Red (1958) No. 10 (1958) Orange, Red, Yellow (1961) Untitled (Black on Grey) (1970)

Buildings	Rothko Chapel (1971)

Museums	Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils

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