Mark Rothko work highlight of record-setting auction
Published November 12th, 2005
An oil painting by Mark Rothko stole the show in New York Tuesday evening, selling for a record $22.4 million US at a successful auction of post-war and contemporary art. The Christie’s sale of Rothko’s Homage to Matisse to an anonymous buyer has set a new world record for the sale of any post-war work at auction. It also set a new sales high for the artist.
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