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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2025 | Christie's | New York | 20th Century Evening Sale | 44A | Estimates not disclosed | No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black] |
paintings
170.2 x 139.1 cm (67 x 54.75 in)
oil on canvas
signed twice and dated "MARK ROTHKO MARK ROTHKO 1951" (on the reverse)
Marlborough A.G., Liechtenstein, acquired directly from the artist, 1969
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., New York, 1973
Acquired from the above by Anne H. and Sid R. Bass, 1980
New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, Mark Rothko, March-April 1951.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, 15 Americans, April-July 1952, p. 47 (titled Number 4 ).
Zurich, Marlborough Galerie A.G., a merikanische abstrakte Malerie, June-July 1973, pp. 4 and 19, no. 15 (illustrated; titled and dated Orange, plum, black , 1951).
ARTnews, vol. 69, Summer 1970 (illustrated on the inside back cover).
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné , New Haven and London, 1998, p. 344, no. 453 (illustrated).
D. Anfam and D. Sobel, Clyfford Still: The Artist"s Museum, New York, 2012, p. 44, fig. 34 (illustrated).
MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black]
signed twice and dated "MARK ROTHKO MARK ROTHKO 1951" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
67 x 54 ¾ in. (170.2 x 139.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950-1951.
![No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black] by Mark Rothko](https://liveart-analytics.imgix.net/lots/8791512/aeb0ecc92343b6c4c58b3691804ae51b?w=1280&h=960 "No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black] by Mark Rothko")
