Rothko Sells for $85.8 Million, Almost Surpasses Auction Record

Sotheby’s New York logged a big win last Thursday with the $85.8 million sale of Mark Rothko’s Brown and Blacks in Reds, 1957, a sterling example of the painter’s singular style. This is now the second-highest price the artist has ever fetched at auction. The top spot belongs to his 1961 painting Orange, Red, Yellow, […]