White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)

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White Center (Yellow, Pink
and Lavender on Rose)
Mark Rothko, 1950
Private Collecter

White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is an abstract painting by Mark Rothko completed in 1950. The work was sold in May 2007 by Sotheby's on behalf of David Rockefeller[1] to the Royal family of Qatar; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and his wife, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Missned.[2] The painting sold for 72.84 million (USD), setting the record of the current most expensive post-war work of art sold at auction.[3][4]

White Center is part of Rothko's signature multiform style: several blocks of layered, complimentary colors on a large canvas.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Melikian, Souren (2007-05-16). A Rothko sells for $72.84 million at record-setting Sotheby's sale. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ Thornton, Sarah & Adam, Georgina (May 04, 2008), “Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar”, The Art Newspaper, <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7946> 
  3. ^ Pilkington, Ed (2007-05-17). Warhol goes for $71m in record New York art sale.
  4. ^ Associated Press. Rothko painting sets postwar record. MSNBC. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  5. ^ Mark Rothko. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.

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