Mark Rothko
Untitled , 1968 (Dated)
Lot #33 |
2025-05-13 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 3,500,000 - 5,000,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11722
Auction name: Modern Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-05-13
Currency: USD
Source:
Login to view
Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Medium: Login to view
Dimensions: 24 by 17 Âľ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
60.1
Width In Centimeters:
45.1
Height In Inches:
24
Width In Inches:
17.75
Markings: Login to view
Signed: Login to view
Year notes: Dated in 1968.
Provenance
Carla Panicali, Rome (acquired as a gift from the artist) Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne Acquired from the above in 2002 by the present owner
Exhibited
Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Pittura Contemporanea in Galleria: Mark Rothko, Adrian Schiess, Phil Sims, Gunter Umberg, Ulrich Wellmann , 1996, p. 29, illustrated in color (titled Untitled (Flesh, Black, White) and dated 1967)
Catalog summary
Property from a Prestigious European Collection Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) Untitled signed Mark Rothko and dated 1968 (on the reverse) oil on paper laid down on canvas 24 by 17 ¾ in.   60.1 by 45.1 cm. Executed in 1968. The following work is being considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Mark Rothko Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper, compiled by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Provenance Carla Panicali, Rome (acquired as a gift from the artist) Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne Acquired from the above in 2002 by the present owner Exhibited Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Pittura Contemporanea in Galleria: Mark Rothko, Adrian Schiess, Phil Sims, Gunter Umberg, Ulrich Wellmann , 1996, p. 29, illustrated in color (titled Untitled (Flesh, Black, White) and dated 1967)