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Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

No. 36 (Black Stripe)

Price realised USD 40,485,000
Estimate
USD 30,000,000 – USD 50,000,000
Closed: 11 May 2015
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Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

No. 36 (Black Stripe)

Price realised USD 40,485,000
Closed: 11 May 2015
Price realised USD 40,485,000
Closed: 11 May 2015
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Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
No. 36 (Black Stripe)
signed, titled and dated 'MARK ROTHKO #36 - 1958' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
61 7/8 x 67 in. (157.1 x 170.1 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Beatty, London, 1960
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, 1983
Thomas Ammann Fine Art A.G., Zurich, 1984
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, no. 631, p. 493 (illustrated in color).
F. Nikolaus, "Der Sammler hat den Himmel auf Erden," art. Das Kunstmagazin, 1998, No. 7, p. 54.
G. Schehl, "Im Rausch der Farbklänge," Badisches Tagblatt, 19 February 2001 (illustrated).
Der Neubau von Richard Meier, exh. cat., Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2002, p. 20 (illustrated in color).
A. Zweite, Mark Rothko: Amerika und Europa Ein Dialog, Baden-Baden, 2004, pp. 4 and 13 (illustrated in color).
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in 30 Bänden, 21st edition, Mannheim, 2006, p. 400 (illustrated in color).
art. Das Kunstmagazin, No. 8, February 2007, p. 88 (illustrated).
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 2 December 2007, p. 9 (illustrated).
"Art Kompakt, Kunstsaison Januar-Juni 2008," art. Das Kunstmagazin, No. 1, January 2008, p. 5 (illustrated).
art. Das Kunstmagazin, No. 8, February 2008, pp. 82-83 (illustrated).
Munich Found: Your Ultimate Guide to City Life, no. 2, February 2008 (illustrated on cover and title page).
D. Michel, Harenberg Kulturfu¨hrer Malerei, Mannheim, 2008, p. 613 (illustrated in color).
G. Adriani, Unternehmer Kunst Sammler: Private Museen in Baden-Wu¨rttemberg, Stuttgart, 2009, p. 43 (illustrated in color).
Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, exh. cat., Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, 2012, pp. 167 and 200 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Painting & Sculpture of a Decade: 54-64, April-June 1964, pp. 100-101, cat. no. 86 (illustrated).
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art; New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Sidney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Two Decades of American Painting, October 1966-August 1967, pp. 50 and 71 (illustrated).
Barcelona, Fundacio´ Joan Miro´, Mark Rothko, November 2000-January 2001, p. 103 (illustrated in color).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Mark Rothko, February-April 2001, pp. 115 and 173, no. 44 (illustrated in color).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Eröffnungsausstellung Sammlung Frieder Burda, October 2004-February 2005, p. 37 (installation view illustrated in color).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Bilderwechsel III - Amerikanische Malerei, September 2005-January 2006.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Bibel-Bilder: Arnulf Rainer - Gustave Doré / Einblicke. Werke aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, November 2006-January 2007.
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? Positionen der Farbfeldmalerei, July-September 2007, pp. 147 and 165 (illustrated in color).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Deutsche und Amerikanische Malerei. Aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, October 2007-January 2008, p. 9, no. 1 (illustrated in color).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung, Mark Rothko Retrospektive, February-August 2008, no. 79 (illustrated in color).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, "Die Bilder tun was mit mir..." Einblicke in die Sammlung, March-June 2010.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Lebenslinien. Stationen einer Sammlung, March-May 2011.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, 40 l 10. 40 Jahre Sammlung - 10 Jahre Museum Frieder Burda, July-October 2014, pp. 48-49 (illustrated in color).
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, 40 l 10. Bilderwechsel, November 2014-February 2015.
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