Mark Rothko

1903-1970 · American (born in the Russian Empire) · Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting

Record aux enchères: 98,39 M $US

No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe), 1964 · Christie's, New York · 18 mai 2026

Biographie

Mark Rothko was born Markus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia) and emigrated to the United States at ten. After surrealist and mythological phases he arrived around 1949 at his signature format: soft-edged rectangles of colour floating on large vertical canvases, meant to produce an intense, almost religious experience. The Seagram murals, now at Tate, and the Rothko Chapel in Houston are his most ambitious projects. Rothko is a pillar of the trophy market. Classic canvases from 1949 to 1960 are scarce, mostly held by museums and long-term collectors, and when they appear they compete with Pollock and de Kooning at the top of post-war art. In May 2026 a new record took his auction high close to 100 million dollars.

Résultats d'enchères récents

No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) (1964)Christie's, New York	98,39 M $US	18 mai 2026	heni.com
Brown and Blacks in Reds (1957)Sotheby's, New York	85,78 M $US	14 mai 2026	heni.com
No. 1 (1949)Sotheby's, New York	20,8 M $US	14 mai 2026	heni.com
Untitled (1969)Sotheby's, New York	16,46 M $US	14 mai 2026	heni.com
No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) (1958)Christie's, New York	62,16 M $US	17 nov. 2025	heni.com
Untitled (Yellow and Blue) (1954)Sotheby's, Hong Kong	32,48 M $US	11 nov. 2024	heni.com

Marché

Liquidité: Élevée

Musées

National Gallery of Art, Washington
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern, Londra
Rothko Chapel, Houston
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura

Sources

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