No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)
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| Artist | Mark Rothko |
| Year | 1951 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Location | Private collection |
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is a painting by the Latvian-American expressionist artist Mark Rothko created in 1951. In common with Rothko's other works from this period, No. 6 consists of large expanses of colour delineated by uneven, hazy shades. In 2014, it became one of the most expensive paintings sold at auction.[1]
2014 sale
[edit]No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is one of the works implicated in the infamous Bouvier Affair. It was privately bought for €140 million by Dmitry Rybolovlev in 2014.[2][3][4] Rybolovlev is thought to have bought the painting via the Swiss dealer Bouvier. Rybolovlev learnt that Bouvier had actually bought the painting (rather than simply acting as a dealer) from Paiker H.B. for ~€80,000,000 before selling it on to Rybolovlev for €140,000,000.[1]
2024 sale
[edit]In 2024, Citadel LLC billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin purchased the painting for $195m through a Christie's private auction.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b D.S. Graham (1 December 2017). "The Art World through its 10 Costliest Paintings". Art Aesthetics Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ Stephanie Baker; Hugo Miller (28 April 2015). "The Billionaire, the Dealer, and the $186 Million Rothko". bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ "Singapore Unfreezes Assets of Sued Art Dealer Yves Bouvier". ArtfixDaily. August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ Agustino Fontevecchia (March 12, 2015). "Steve Cohen's Modigliani In The Middle Of An Art Market War: Billionaire Rybolovlev vs Yves Bouvier". Forbes. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ Spero, Josh. "Private auctions on the rise as wealthy art collectors shun publicity". Financial Times.
Sources
[edit]- Baal-Teshuva, Jacob. Rothko. Berlin: Taschen, 2003. ISBN 3-8228-1820-8
- Mark Rothko; David Anfam (1998). Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas : Catalogue Raisonné. Yale University Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-300-07489-5.
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