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White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is an abstract painting by Mark Rothko completed in 1950.

White Center (Yellow, Pink
and Lavender on Rose)
ArtistMark Rothko
Year1950
Dimensions205.8 cm × 141 cm (81.0 in × 56 in)
LocationThe Royal family of Qatar

2007 sale


The painting was bought in 1960 by Eliza Bliss Parkinson (the niece of  Lillie P. Bliss, one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art) from the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York before being bought in June 1960 by David Rockefeller.[1]

The work was sold in May 2007 by Sotheby's on behalf of David Rockefeller[2] to the Royal family of Qatar; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and his wife, Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.[3] The painting sold for 72.84 million (USD), then setting the record of the current most expensive post-war work of art sold at auction.[4][5]


Description


White Center is part of Rothko's signature multiform style: several blocks of layered, complementary colors on a large canvas.[6]

The painting is from top to bottom, a yellow horizontal rectangle, a black horizontal strip, a narrow white rectangular band and the bottom half is lavender. The top half of the rose ground is deeper in colour and the bottom half is pale. It measures 205.8 × 141 cm.


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References


  1. "Sothebys catalog". Sothebys catalog.
  2. Melikian, Souren (2007-05-16). "A Rothko sells for $72.84 million at record-setting Sotheby's sale". Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  3. Thornton, Sarah; Adam, Georgina (May 4, 2008), "Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar", The Art Newspaper
  4. Pilkington, Ed (2007-05-17). "Warhol goes for $71m in record New York art sale". The Guardian. London.
  5. Associated Press. "Rothko painting sets postwar record". Today.com. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  6. "Mark Rothko". Retrieved 2008-01-28.



На других языках


[de] White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)

White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) ist ein Gemälde von Mark Rothko. Das 1950 entstandene Bild wurde 2007 zu einem Rekordpreis von 72.8 Millionen Dollar bei Sotheby’s versteigert.
- [en] White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)

[ru] Белый центр (жёлтое, розовое и лиловое на розовом)

«Белый центр (жёлтое, розовое и лиловое на розовом)» (англ. White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)) — картина американского художника Марка Ротко, ведущего представителя абстрактного экспрессионизма, написанная в 1950 году.



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