Two Rothko paintings fetch over $76 million at auction

AFP ^ | November 10, 2014 | Staff

[C19fan]

A pair of paintings by iconic abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko sold Monday for a whopping $76.5 million, the auction house Sotheby's said.

Rothko's "Untitled," a blue and purple oil painting from 1970 sold for $39.9 million. It was estimated to earn up to $20 million.

[MeshugeMikey]

Fro MY MONEY..there would be considerably more value in such a painting,

[MeshugeMikey]

heres the fairly well known caricaturist David Levine's take on ROthko and his art...

Levine's always been a favorite of mine.

[MeshugeMikey]

When I'm not On FR...I also do a great deal of photopgraphy..

This unretouched.....photo of the eye in the sky is one of my favorites.

Another favorite....a simple photo of the very edge of a Soap Bubble!

[a fool in paradise]

Those idiots are hanging it upside down!

Maybe some homofascist CEO was holding the auction catalog sideways and thought it was a marriage equality banner. Won't his face turn pink from embarrassment?

[HonkyTonkMan]

Reminds me of my favorite symphonic piece, John Cage’s 4’33”

[PoloSec]

Somebody got robbed!

[left that other site]

I see an eagle in the first one, and Old Glory in the second!

Was that intentional?

They are BOTH Beautiful!

:-)

[Catmom]

And who could forget Andres Serrano “Piss Christ?”

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Beautiful. So sad each one represented someone who died in their service.

[bgill]

No, it’s sideways.

[GeronL]

What is a Rothko?

Rothko P Coletrain??

[GeronL]

bump

[Fresh Wind]

Ha! Now THAT’S art!

[MeshugeMikey]

the eye is what caught my attention....in the cloud photo

the vibrant soap bubble photo was purely an attempt to capture the color...the outlandish "dynamics" and light ...at least conciously...

Thank you

[left that other site]

Oh yes! i saw the eye. The eagle is AROUND it. Looking to the RIGHT.

[MeshugeMikey]

the inherent dynamics....soaring tonalities and thondering sonorous colors are Indeed...a near perfect match for the Cage piece....

[MeshugeMikey]

Ive made several versions of the Piss Mohammed but have been warned agains displaying them in public...

[Covenantor]

Thanks for the point of contemplation.

The value of used paint and canvas.

It’s the assigned name and acceptance of the name establishing the market price at a point in time.

Maybe Jackson Pollack was a canny guy after all.

Hocus pocus, dribble paint
Obfuscate
Ka-ching

[MeshugeMikey]

I see the eagle now but didnt when I made the photograph.I was too stunned by the realistic look of the “eye” in the clouds

I dropped my jaw and nearly dropped my camera when I saw the eye.

THank you very much!

[MeshugeMikey]

I used to collect used copies of publications that featured David Levines Caricatures..back 35 years ago..