No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)
{{Short description|Painting by Mark Rothko}}
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| artist=Mark Rothko
| year= 1951
| medium=Oil on canvas
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No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is a 1951 painting by the Latvian-American expressionist artist Mark Rothko. It was painted 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.artaesthetics.net/publications/2017/12/1/the-art-world-through-its-10-costliest-paintings|title=The Art World through its 10 Costliest Paintings|work=Art Aesthetics Magazine|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}
2014 sale
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.{{Cite web|title = The Billionaire, the Dealer, and the $186 Million Rothko|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/a-186-million-rothko-pits-russian-tycoon-against-art-merchant|website = Bloomberg.com|access-date = 2016-02-23|first = Stephanie Baker StephaniBaker Hugo Miller|last = hugodmiller}}{{Cite web|title = Singapore Unfreezes Assets of Sued Art Dealer Yves Bouvier|url = http://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2015/08/25/6852-singapore-unfreezes-assets-of-sued-art-dealer-yves-bouvier|website = ArtfixDaily|access-date = 2016-02-23}}{{Cite web|title = Steve Cohen's Modigliani In The Middle Of An Art Market War: Billionaire Rybolovlev vs Yves Bouvier|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2015/03/12/steve-cohens-modigliani-in-the-middle-of-an-art-market-war-billionaire-rybolovlev-vs-yves-bouvier/#b565a5179a1e|website = Forbes|access-date = 2016-02-23}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.artaesthetics.net/publications/2017/12/1/the-art-world-through-its-10-costliest-paintings|title=The Art World through its 10 Costliest Paintings|work=Art Aesthetics Magazine|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}
2024 sale
Ken Griffin was reported to have purchased the painting in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Robert |date=2024-02-29 |title=Christie's just sold a Rothko painting for $100 million in a secret sale. Here are the details |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/christies-sells-rothko-painting-for-100-million-in-a-secret-sale.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=CNBC |language=en}}
See also
Notes
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Sources
- Baal-Teshuva, Jacob. Rothko. Berlin: Taschen, 2003. {{ISBN|3-8228-1820-8}}
- {{cite book|author1=Mark Rothko|author2=David Anfam|title=Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas : Catalogue Raisonné|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJd6J3Ak5McC&pg=PA452|year=1998|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-07489-5|pages=452–}}
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