Sotheby’s has announced one of its heavyweight lots for the fall auction season in New York: Mark Rothko’s 1953 painting Blue Over Red. The picture, which has been in the same private collection since ...

Mark Rothko’s Blue Over Red from 1953, a critical period during which the artist developed his signature style of abstraction, will headline a Sotheby’s contemporary art auction in New York on Nov. 14 ...

You know Mark Rothko. His name echoes through modern art, a titan of Abstract Expressionism. In 1954, he painted a masterpiece. This was "Untitled (Yellow and Blue)," an immense eight-foot-tall canvas ...

The latest blockbuster consignment for the upcoming spring auction season in New York is a 1957 blue and green Mark Rothko painting, titled No. 17. Christie’s will offer the canvas for $30–40 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How to read a Mark Rothko painting. If your first thought is "I could've painted that," you're in good company. Plenty of smart, ...