Mark Rothko

BMA's West Wing to undergo a year of renovation

2010-12-30 14:49:00

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Herman Maril: Baltimore artist painted what he saw

2009-06-28 00:00:00

Herman Maril had two worlds, and each provided him what something the other lacked. The artist, who was born in Baltimore in 1908 and died here in 1986, spent his life painting some of the grittier aspects of the city. Invariably, his astute and...

A Colorful Life

2006-04-02 00:00:00

When Grace Hartigan was a little girl, she was bewitched by gypsies. In the 1930s, the Travelers still roamed the countryside in nomadic caravans, and young Grace would shinny up the apple tree in her parents' backyard in Newark, N.J., to spy on them....

'My Name Is Asher Lev' Opens at Long Wharf

2012-05-12 00:00:00

The show: "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven. First impressions: First with John Logan's "Red" at Hartford's TheaterWorks (about abstract painter Mark Rothko) and now with "My Name Is Asher Lev," there's a lot of...

Prices soar, records tumble at Christie's post-war auction

2012-05-08 20:16:04

By Chris Michaud NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - A Mark Rothko 1961 oil painting set a new auction record for post-war art on Tuesday, soaring to $87 million, while works by Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein and Alexander Calder smashed artists'...

Mark Rothko Work Breaks Record For Contemporary Art

2012-05-09 04:59:00

Just one week after Edvard Munch's 'The Scream" broke the record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of art, Mark Rothko's "Orange Red Yellow" broke a record for contemporary art, at $87 million. Read the story here. ...

UPDATE 1 New record for Lichtenstein at Sotheby's postwar auction

2012-05-09 20:41:03

* Sotheby's, Christie's sales set numerous records * Spring sales defy unsettled economy By Chris Michaud NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - Roy Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl" sold for nearly $45 million on Wednesday, setting a record for the pop artist at...

Lichtenstein consigue nuevo rÃ©cord en subasta de Sotheby's

2012-05-10 05:27:05

NUEVA YORK, 10 mayo (Reuters) - La obra "“Sleeping girl" de Roy Lichtenstein fue vendida por cerca de 45 millones de dólares, estableciendo un récord para el artista pop en la casa Sotheby's durante una subasta de arte de postguerra y contemporáneo...

Warhol 'Double Elvis' goes for $37 million

2012-05-10 05:31:00

The Andy Warhol classic painting "Double Elvis (Ferus Type)" sold Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York for more than $37 million, the auction house said. With commission, the sale price of $33 million totaled $37,042,500, short of the $50 million that...

Quick Takes: Rothko record repainted

2012-05-10 00:00:00

An oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York, setting a record for the Abstract Expressionist painter. Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow," which dates from 1961, was being sold by the estate of David Pincus, a...

New record for Lichtenstein at Sotheby's postwar auction

2012-05-09 20:50:08

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roy Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl" sold for nearly $45 million on Wednesday, setting a record for the pop artist at Sotheby's $267 million auction of postwar and contemporary art. The 1964 canvas, executed in the artist's signature,...

Mark Rothko painting sells for $87 million at auction

2012-05-09 08:05:00

An oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday, setting a record for the abstract expressionist painter. Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow," which dates from 1961, was being sold by�the estate of David...

Mark Rothko

2012-05-09 05:06:00

Mark Rothko's 1961 painting "Orange, Red, Yellow" sold for $86.9 million at an auction of items from the estate of David Pincus.

2012-05-08 00:00:00

At the Portland Art Museum, the Mark Rothko exhibit includes 45 works of the highly-regarded 20th-century painter who spent part of his life in Portland, Oregon.

2012-04-05 00:00:00