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MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)

Lot 21
18.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1574232
Lot 21 | MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970)
No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)
signed, partially titled and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1964 #15' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
93 x 69 in. (236.2 x 175.3 cm.)
Painted in 1964




Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the late owner, 1967



Literature

H. Solomon and A. Anderson, Living With Art, New York, 1988, pp. 68, 124-125 and 127 (illustrated in situ).
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1998, p. 608, no. 762 (illustrated).
L. Mishan, "Pouring Tea and Memories," New York Times, vol. 164, no. 56854, 29 April 2015, p. 7 (partially illustrated in situ).
B. Colacello, "Agnes Gund," Vanity Fair, no. 664, December 2015, pp. 160-161 (partially illustrated in situ).
J. Felsenthal, "A Matter of Justice," Vogue, 8 March 2018, digital (illustrated in situ).
A. Rathe, "Art Partners," Town & Country, June/July 2018, p. 155 (partially illustrated in situ).
G. Adam, “Call me Aggie: the legendary collector making a difference,” Financial Times, 7 February 2020, digital (titled Two Greens and Red Stripe).
N. Fry, "POWER HOUSES: Inside the living rooms of notable New Yorkers," New Yorker, 5 May 2025, digital (partially illustrated in situ).
E. Alexander, “The Lives They Lived: Agnes Gund,” New York Times Magazine, 16 December 2025, p. 44 (illustrated in situ; titled Two Greens and Red Stripe).



Exhibited

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, July-August 1972, n.p., no. 88 (titled Two Greens and Red Stripe).
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