White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)

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 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, Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.[2] 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.[3][4]

Description

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

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.

See also

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