Lot 5C. Mark Rothko (1903-1970), No. 1, signed and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1962' (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 69 x 60 in. (175.3 x 152.4 cm.) Painted in 1962.. Price realised USD 49,625,000 (Estimate USD 45,000,000 – USD 65,000,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2022
Provenance : Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Mary Lasker, New York, 1962
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 5 May 1982, lot 45
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature: M. Hayot, "La peinture americaine contemporaine," L'Oeil 328, November 1982, p. 56 (illustrated).
P. Kunkel, "Gauging the Contemporary Art Market," Architectural Digest, March 1983, p. 54 (illustrated).
W. Schmalenbach, Bilder des 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1986, p. 309, no. 373 (illustrated).
D. Anfam, Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 1998, p. 566, no. 711 (illustrated).
Christie's. The Collection of Anne H. Bass, New York, 12 May 2022.
