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Oil · Canvas
Sloans & Kenyon · Oct 9, 2025$450 ≈ £337 ≈ €388Sign up free to see priceFollower of the artist
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Black Blue Painting
Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970) · 1968
$4,215,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,294,771≈ €3,728,439
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil on paper, laid on linen”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 47 3/4 x 40 1/8 in. (121.3 x 101.9 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010718)
- Date
- November 15, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 22
- Estimate
- $2,500,000 – $3,500,000 (≈ £1,954,194 – £2,735,871) (≈ €2,211,411 – €3,095,975)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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