Mark Rothko - “Untitled, 1950”. (100 x 50 cm.)





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Mark Rothko: “Untitled, 1950”.
On the edge, in small print, is the artist’s name, 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 photos shown are part of the description.
This artwork is carefully and securely packed 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 attempted to go beyond traditional subjects, aiming to create direct encounters between viewer and painting 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 canvases with soft, feathered color fields that seem to drift on subtly modulated backgrounds. These meditative works invited prolonged contemplation and were often housed 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 at auctions, with one work fetching more than $186 million in a private sale, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterworks of 20th-century abstraction.
Some artists of comparable significance, such as Basquiat, Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Sorolla, Banksy, Brainwash, Miró, Nara, Soulages, Lagasse, Ramos, Rothko, Lautrec, Klimt, Modigliani, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondriaan, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripolles, 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, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Botero, Katz, Braque, among others."}
Seller's Story
Mark Rothko: “Untitled, 1950”.
On the edge, in small print, is the artist’s name, 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 photos shown are part of the description.
This artwork is carefully and securely packed 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 attempted to go beyond traditional subjects, aiming to create direct encounters between viewer and painting 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 canvases with soft, feathered color fields that seem to drift on subtly modulated backgrounds. These meditative works invited prolonged contemplation and were often housed 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 at auctions, with one work fetching more than $186 million in a private sale, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterworks of 20th-century abstraction.
Some artists of comparable significance, such as Basquiat, Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Sorolla, Banksy, Brainwash, Miró, Nara, Soulages, Lagasse, Ramos, Rothko, Lautrec, Klimt, Modigliani, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondriaan, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripolles, 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, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Botero, Katz, Braque, among others."}
