Orange, Red, Yellow
Orange, Red, Yellow is a painting by Mark Rothko .
| Orange, Red, Yellow |
|---|
| Mark Rothko , 1961 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 236.2 x 206.04 cm |
| Private collection
Link to the picture |
The picture was auctioned on May 8, 2012 at Christie's for $ 86,882,500. That is the highest price a painting by Rothko fetched in an auction.
history
The picture was taken in 1961, at a time when it was gradually becoming a commercial success for Rothko. He sold 8 paintings that year, two of which were priced at $ 15,000 each. In 1961 he had his first major exhibition in the Whitechapel Gallery in London, which also made him known in Europe. "Orange, Red, Yellow" was exhibited in the Marlborough New London Gallery in February and March 1964 and acquired from the exhibition by the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York.
In 1967 the American philanthropist and art collector David Pincus (1922–2011), who had specialized in American Abstract Expressionism , bought the picture. In 2012, 38 pictures from the Pincus collection, including works by Willem de Kooning , Barnett Newman , Jackson Pollock , Clyfford Still , Jeff Wall and "Orange, Red, Yellow" by Mark Rothko at Christie's were up for auction, where the picture of one unknown bidder was auctioned. The estimated price was $ 35 million to $ 45 million and the auction result was $ 86,882,500. Since then the picture has not been shown in an exhibition.
literature
- David Anfam: Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas. Catalog raisonné. New Haven, London 1998. No. 693.
Web links
- Rothko picture auctioned for record price. RP Online , May 9, 2012
- Rothkos Orange, Red, Yellow at Christie's
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florence Waters: Why Mark Rothko is still setting records. In: The Telegraph , May 9, 2012, accessed April 12, 2015.
- ↑ Rothko picture auctioned for record price. RP Online , May 9, 2012, accessed April 12, 2015.