As soon as we publish a review of the top lots of the November auction of contemporary art as Christie's announced another one that we certainly could not be ignored - the painting "Untitled (№ 11)" hand of Mark Rothko for 25-35 million

Mark Rothko Untitled (№ 11). 1957
Oil on canvas. 201,9 x 177,2
Christie's. 12.11.2013
Estimate: 25-35 million dollars
Source : Press Release Christie's

soon as we publish a review of the top lots of the November auction of postwar and contemporary art Christie's and Sotheby's , as Christie's announced another one that we certainly could not ignore : for auction on Nov. 12 will be exhibited painting Mark Rothko « Untitled (№ 11) ," 1957 with an estimate of 25-35 million dollars. The last time the painting changed hands in 1992 : on the auction at Christie's this thing was on the cover . The picture has been involved in all major retrospectives Rothko , including exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston, the New National Gallery in Dusseldorf and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York .

work " Untitled (№ 11) " was created by Mark Rothko at the beginning of 1957 , at the height of the mature phase of his career. This painting , warm shades of orange reminiscent of late afternoon landscape consists of four rectangular areas , each of which shines like an inner light . This picture is the largest in a series of monochrome works, Rothko made ​​in 1957 .

in 1957 , reaching a peak of their creativity , Rothko finally started to reap the fruits of their success. It was then that he proudly admits that he can afford to "live with the proceeds from the sale of my work ... for the first time in 53 years of my life . " From February to March 1957 Rothko lived in New Orleans, after being invited by the artist Nyukombskoy art school at Tulane University . Here he was able to enjoy the ' pleasant days of early summer , sun, heat and violent flowering ... ( away from ) ... all problems and irritants "that what he had no doubt " again piled on top of me " on his return to New York. Over the past three years, Rothko 's reputation and level of recognition of his work have increased so much that he often inclined to misanthropy , now had to take a defensive stance to come crashing down on him accolades .

According to Robert Motherwell , " genius " of this painting is that it makes it Rothko managed exclusively coloristic means to create a "language of the senses." In the words of Rothko's " Untitled (№ 11) " - is " not a picture that appeals to the experience, it is the experience itself ." He also said that "if people need a sacred experience , they will find it in this picture, as well as the experience of the mundane . I do not care . I want to be turning her back on my painting , they continued to feel her presence in the same way as they feel the sun's rays hitting them in the back ».

Source : Press Release Christie's