Mark Rothko - “Untitled (Yellow-Red and Blue)”. (80 x 60 cm.)





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Mark Rothko: “Untitled (Yellow-Red and Blue)”.
On the edge, in small lettering, is the name of the artist, the title of the work, and copyright.
The work is in excellent condition.
Never been framed and is stored in a dark archival storage between protective acid-free paper. The displayed photos are part of the description.
This artwork is carefully and securely packaged and shipped in protective acid-free paper.
No shipping to the Canary Islands.
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a Russian-born American painter and a central figure of Abstract Expressionism. He is best known as a leading representative of the Color Field movement, in which expansive fields of luminous color were used to evoke deep emotional and spiritual responses. Rothko sought to go beyond traditional subjects, with the aim of creating direct encounters between the viewer and the paintings that, in his words, “addressed the basic emotions of humanity: tragedy, ecstasy, downfall.”
His artistic journey began with figurative and surrealist influences, but by the late 1940s he had developed his characteristic style: large-format canvases with softly edged color fields that seem to drift in repose against subtly modulated backgrounds. These meditative works invited long contemplation and were often placed in immersive, chapel-like environments.
Rothko’s paintings are among the most valuable works of modern art. Several have sold for more than 80 million dollars at auctions, with one work in a private sale yielding more than 186 million dollars, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterpieces of 20th-century abstraction.
Some artists of comparable significance, such as Basquiat, Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Sorolla, Banksy, Brainwash, Miró, Nara, Soulages, Lagasse, Ramos, Rothko, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, Modigliani, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondrian, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripollés, Wesselmann, Magritte, Jenk, Orlinski, Wille, Rizzi, Manara, Thiebaud, Herrera, Laurent, Klein, Coa, Dior, Vuitton, Kaws, Valentino, Cappiello, Kandinsky, Warhol, Buffa, Tura, Castle, Ponti, Knoll, Le Corbusier, Robert, Johns, Starck, Breuer, Nelson, Mogensen, Ponti, Bertoia, Urquiola, Chillida, Magistretti, Gauguin, Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Botero, Katz, Braque, among others.
Seller's Story
Mark Rothko: “Untitled (Yellow-Red and Blue)”.
On the edge, in small lettering, is the name of the artist, the title of the work, and copyright.
The work is in excellent condition.
Never been framed and is stored in a dark archival storage between protective acid-free paper. The displayed photos are part of the description.
This artwork is carefully and securely packaged and shipped in protective acid-free paper.
No shipping to the Canary Islands.
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a Russian-born American painter and a central figure of Abstract Expressionism. He is best known as a leading representative of the Color Field movement, in which expansive fields of luminous color were used to evoke deep emotional and spiritual responses. Rothko sought to go beyond traditional subjects, with the aim of creating direct encounters between the viewer and the paintings that, in his words, “addressed the basic emotions of humanity: tragedy, ecstasy, downfall.”
His artistic journey began with figurative and surrealist influences, but by the late 1940s he had developed his characteristic style: large-format canvases with softly edged color fields that seem to drift in repose against subtly modulated backgrounds. These meditative works invited long contemplation and were often placed in immersive, chapel-like environments.
Rothko’s paintings are among the most valuable works of modern art. Several have sold for more than 80 million dollars at auctions, with one work in a private sale yielding more than 186 million dollars, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterpieces of 20th-century abstraction.
Some artists of comparable significance, such as Basquiat, Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Sorolla, Banksy, Brainwash, Miró, Nara, Soulages, Lagasse, Ramos, Rothko, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, Modigliani, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondrian, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripollés, Wesselmann, Magritte, Jenk, Orlinski, Wille, Rizzi, Manara, Thiebaud, Herrera, Laurent, Klein, Coa, Dior, Vuitton, Kaws, Valentino, Cappiello, Kandinsky, Warhol, Buffa, Tura, Castle, Ponti, Knoll, Le Corbusier, Robert, Johns, Starck, Breuer, Nelson, Mogensen, Ponti, Bertoia, Urquiola, Chillida, Magistretti, Gauguin, Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Botero, Katz, Braque, among others.
