Details Mark Rothko (1903-1970) Untitled oil on canvas 68 x 54 in. (172.7 x 137.2 cm.) Painted in 1970. Provenance Estate of the artist Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, New York, 1971 Her sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 2014, lot 6 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Literature D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, p. 671, no. 833 (illustrated). Special Notice On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.