Mark Rothko - “No 7 (Or) No 11, 1949". - 1940s

Mark Rothko: "No 7 (Or) No 11, 1949".
Bottom edge, in small print, shows the artist's name, title of the work, and copyright.
The work is in excellent condition.

Never been framed and has been kept in a dark archival storage between protective acid-free paper. The shown photos are part of the description, the shown frame(s) size are for illustration and are not included.
This artwork is carefully securely packed and shipped in protective acid-free paper.
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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 swaths 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 viewer and paintings that, in his words, 'address 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 signature style: large-format canvases with softly edged color fields that seem to drift in repose against subtly modulated backgrounds. These meditative works invited prolonged 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 fetching over 186 million dollars, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterpieces of 20th-century abstraction.

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