Rothko leads a record contemporary art sale the new york. Mark rothko s 8 12foottall 1952 canvas layered with purple and orange hues sold for. Orange, red, yellow is a 1961 color field painting by mark rothko. The artists market and biography, and their works prices and indices. All authorship of items in this catalog are described according to the following. Resisting interpretation or classification, mark rothko 19031970 was a prominent advocate for the artists consummate freedom of expression. In 1957, cornell sent rothkos daughter, kate, a book on fra angelico, and rothko s wife sent back a thankyou note with a handcoloured angel that kate had made for the christmas tree in the family home. Mark rothko, the romantics were prompted, possibilities, new york, no. Arranged chronologically from 1934, the year after his first solo show, to 1969. Chicago, the gallery of art interpretation, the art institute of chicago.
The piece recalls the threepart compositional structure of other bright multiforms from earlier in rothko s career, works that have broken the artists auction records in recent years, but it draws its radiance from an almost imperceptible shimmering within and between the darker rectangles. The latest blockbuster consignment for the upcoming spring auction season in new york is a 1957 blue and green mark rothko painting, titled no. Untitled rust, blacks on plum by mark rothko christies. Mark rothko artist, fine art prices, auction records for. September 25, 1903 february 25, 1970, was an american painter of lithuanian jewish descent. And two rothkos from the collection of rachel lambert mellon, known as bunny, were sold privately last year, each for what some experts believe was more than. Abstract composition in greens and blues, casein and enamel on canvas, signed and dated 1948 in casein verso. Mark rothko paintings for sale mark rothko art value price guide. With the top auction price of the past two weeks, rothkos no. Painting, printmultiple, drawingwatercolor, tapestry.
A dreamy canvas of three colors mark rothkos orange, red, yellow, from 1961 shattered all auction records for contemporary art at. Vincent van gogh, pablo picasso, and andy warhol are by far the bestrepresented artists in the list. All authorship of items in this catalog are described according to the following terms. Mark rothko auction results artist auction records. His paintings vary from smaller works to monumental canvases that envelop the viewer with expansive fields of luminous color. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Mark rothkos 1961 oil painting, orange, red, yellow, set a new auction record for postwar art on tuesday at an unprecedented christies. Sfmoma will sell mark rothko painting at sothebys artsy. As his work grew more abstract, he increasingly focused on light and color over form.
A total of 14 artists recorded new highs for their works on tuesday. The funds will go to support future acquisitions by sfmoma. Prices for his works, which were popular with collectors during his lifetime, have soared at auction in the past decade. The top ten auction results of 2019and the art market. Although rothko himself refused to adhere to any art movement, he is generally identified as an abstract expressionist. Mark rothkos orange, red, yellow 2012 world auction. Untitled, 1960 was deaccessioned in february from the permanent collection at sfmoma. And some were expecting the little bunny at christieswhich was notably. While the bacon may have sizzled, the umbertinted untitled work by mark rothko, deaccessioned from the. Mark rothkos 1961 oil painting, orange, red, yellow, set a new auction record for postwar art on tuesday at an unprecedented christies sale. The governor of wyoming has issued a directive requiring any individual coming to wyoming from another state or country for a nonworkrelated purpose to immediately selfquarantine for 14 days. Mark rothko artwork for sale at online auction mark. Gathering all of the artists writings held in public collections as well as texts in rothkos descendants hands, this book brings to light many of his theoretical stances, practical considerations and personal revelations. Two mark rothko paintings owned by listerine fortune heir rachel bunny mellon fetched more.
After a week of strong spring sales across new yorks auction. All lots that do not carry established documented provenance nor any past record of auction history record are described in the catalog as attributed. Research 282 mark rothko prices and auction results in art. View over 1575 mark rothko artworks sold at auction to research and compare prices.
Although this is a very solid price, its not something that would be unexpected for a masterpiece of that nature, mr dwyer said. Francis bacons screaming pope and a string of artist. Claude monet andy warhol mark rothko francis bacon christie. Mark rothko rothko used abstraction and expressive power of color to evoke a range of human emotions. As we stand enraptured by the stunning resplendency of mark rothko s untitled yellow and blue we bear witness to what can only be described as an unequivocal masterpiece of twentiethcentury art history. Prices at auctions for painting artworks by mark rothko. Rothkos orange, red, yellow, which dates from 1961, was being sold by the estate of david pincus.
Join facebook to connect with justin johnson and others you may know. Mark rothko is arguably one of the most soughtafter artists of our time. Providence, museum of art, rhode island school of design, recent paintings by mark rothko, october 1954 february 1955 as no. Although identified as a key protagonist of the abstract expressionist movement, first formed in new york city, rothko rejected the label and insisted instead on a consummated experience between. The painting was executed in 1961, and was sold at. Eventually, he only referred to his paintings by number, as well, since he felt titles limited the viewers understanding. This work is being considered for inclusion in the forthcoming mark rothko online resource and catalogue raisonne of works on paper, compiled by the national gallery of art, washington. In cases in which the signature is legible in the lot, this. Mark rothko was born marcus rothkowitz in 1903 in dvinsk, russia. Rothko s colorblock paintings have been highly sought after. A world auction record was set for a work of contemporary art when mark rothkos orange, red, yellow painted in 1961 sold for just under. As a child he spoke hebrew and russian until he was ten years old. Francis bacons study for a head and mark rothko s untitled.
Saturated fields of color are exquisitely orchestrated in the largescale, sumptuous expanse of mark rothko s untitled, a masterful painting of 1969. Mark rothkos most popular book is the artists reality. Mark rothko s abstract art attempted to illustrate how myth and archetypes affected people today. Learn about mark rothko 19031970 artist,their past and upcoming works offered at auction at christies. Rothko leads a record contemporary art sale the new york times. Mark rothko s orange, red, yellow has been sold for million the highest price ever fetched by a piece of contemporary art at auction. Subscribe to access price results for 150000 different artists. A dreamy canvas of three colors mark rothko s orange, red, yellow, from 1961 shattered all auction records for contemporary art at christies on tuesday evening, selling for nearly 87 million. Mark rothko painting sets postwar auction record telegraph. Dana schutzs record broken twice in one night at phillips then. As a retrospective exhibition opens at the kunsthistorisches in vienna, christopher rothko, son of the artist, head of the estate with. Rare mark rothko painting leads christies new york auction. A dreamy canvas of three colors mark rothko s orange, red, yellow, from 1961 shattered all auction records for contemporary art at christies.
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