Mark Rothko - “Four Darks in Red, 1958”.






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Mark Rothko: "Four Darks in Red, 1958".
Condition: the work is in excellent condition.
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a Russia-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, aiming to create direct encounters between viewer and paintings that, in his words, "addressed the basic emotions of humanity: tragedy, ecstasy, doom."
His artistic journey began with figurative and surrealist influences, but by the late 1940s he had developed his characteristic style: large-format canvases with soft-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 settings.
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 in a private sale fetching more than $186 million, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterpieces of 20th-century abstraction.
Never framed and kept in dark archival storage between protective acid-free paper.
The displayed photos are part of the description,
the displayed list (size) is for illustration and is not included.
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If multiple orders the shipping costs are not automatically combined you will always receive back from us the multiple paid shipping costs so that you only pay shipping once.
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This artwork is carefully firmly packed and shipped in protective acid-free paper.
No shipping possible to the Canary Islands.
Artists of comparable importance: Basquiat, Kandinsky, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Miró, Banksy, Brainwash, Delaunay, Nara, Soulages, Jenk, Orlinski, Wille, Rizzi, Manara, Thiebaud, Herrera, Laurent, Klein, Coa, Dior, Lagasse, Vuitton, Kaws, Valentino, Cappiello, Dalí, Ramos, Warhol, Lautrec, Klimt, Matisse, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondrian, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripolles, Wesselmann, Magritte, among others.
Seller's Story
Mark Rothko: "Four Darks in Red, 1958".
Condition: the work is in excellent condition.
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a Russia-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, aiming to create direct encounters between viewer and paintings that, in his words, "addressed the basic emotions of humanity: tragedy, ecstasy, doom."
His artistic journey began with figurative and surrealist influences, but by the late 1940s he had developed his characteristic style: large-format canvases with soft-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 settings.
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 in a private sale fetching more than $186 million, reflecting their rarity and cultural significance. Collectors and institutions regard them as masterpieces of 20th-century abstraction.
Never framed and kept in dark archival storage between protective acid-free paper.
The displayed photos are part of the description,
the displayed list (size) is for illustration and is not included.
==========================================
If multiple orders the shipping costs are not automatically combined you will always receive back from us the multiple paid shipping costs so that you only pay shipping once.
==========================================
This artwork is carefully firmly packed and shipped in protective acid-free paper.
No shipping possible to the Canary Islands.
Artists of comparable importance: Basquiat, Kandinsky, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Miró, Banksy, Brainwash, Delaunay, Nara, Soulages, Jenk, Orlinski, Wille, Rizzi, Manara, Thiebaud, Herrera, Laurent, Klein, Coa, Dior, Lagasse, Vuitton, Kaws, Valentino, Cappiello, Dalí, Ramos, Warhol, Lautrec, Klimt, Matisse, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondrian, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripolles, Wesselmann, Magritte, among others.
